Singer Shakira gave birth to her first child, a boy, in Barcelona, the Colombian pop star said on her website.

Milan means dear, loving and gracious in Slavic; in Ancient Roman, eager and laborious; and in Sanskrit, unification

The Hips Don’t Lie singer and her boyfriend, Spanish football player Gerard Piqué, named the three-kilogram boy Milan.

“Milan (pronounced MEE-lahn) means dear, loving and gracious in Slavic; in Ancient Roman, eager and laborious; and in Sanskrit, unification,” the star said in a statement posted on her website.

“Just like his father, baby Milan became a member of FC Barcelona at birth,” the couple joked in a statement. Piqué is a defender for Spanish La Liga runner-up FC Barcelona.

Shakira, 35, announced her pregnancy in September after bowing out of a performance in Las Vegas.

The couple last week asked fans to donate gifts such as mosquito nets and vaccines to help needy children in an online baby shower.

Shakira is a United Nations Children’s Fund Goodwill Ambassador.

The singer has signed on to be a judge on the upcoming season of the hit singing contest The Voice, which is broadcast by US network NBC. She and R&B singer Usher will replace judges Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green.

Shakira fist met Piqué, 25, in 2010, but only confirmed that they had been in a relationship in March 2011.