Lauren Alaina Welcomes Her Daughter, Beni Doll
Lauren Alaina and her husband, Cam Arnold, welcomed a beautiful baby girl on June 11, 2025. Beni Doll Arnold was born at 8:44 am, weighing 7 lbs 13oz and measuring 19 inches long. The new mom wrote:
“The right words are hard to find to describe how parts of my heart that I didn’t even know existed were unlocked at 8:44 am when they laid you on my belly for the first time. I will never be the same.”
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Beni Is Already Influencing Her Mother’s Music
Along with the announcement of Beni’s arrival, Lauren Alaina surprised fans by releasing a new song inspired by the experience of welcoming a new life after losing her father. She wrote:
“To celebrate the most precious miracle on Earth, I have decided to release a song I wrote about my daughter. We learned she was coming in a time of deep sadness after the loss of my daddy…”
Lauren’s father, JJ Suddeth, passed away unexpectedly in July 2024.
“She came just before Father’s Day. My first without my own father. A day that will forever be hard to me, but I now have a new and perfect reason to celebrate it. Beni’s daddy. My sweet and steady husband. Beni truly is a gift from God that my old man sitting up there in Heaven Sent.”
See the video for “Heaven Sent” by Lauren Alaina below!
Lauren Alaina Shares The Sweet Story Behind Her Daughter’s Name
In a new video, Lauren and Cam, who have been married since February 2024, explain the inspiration behind the name Beni Doll. Each parent chose one part—Lauren chose the first, and Cam chose the middle.
The “Road Less Traveled” singer explains that the new baby is named in memory of two people in their family who have passed away. The name Beni is after Lauren’s grandfather, Benny, whom she says, “helped raise me, taught me how to play basketball. He bought me my first karaoke machine… he was very proud of that.”
Beyond that, Lauren discovered that Beni means “crimson” in Japanese. She explains:
“My dad was a huge Alabama fan, and the fact that Beni means crimson feels like my dad said ‘roll tide’ from heaven and told us how to spell it.”
Cam reveals that the middle name “doll” was derived from his aunt’s name, Lucy Doll Arnold. Lucy was born on his family’s 175-year-old farm where Cam’s parents now reside. His aunt, who has now passed, never had kids, so Cam chose the name as a “little nod” to keep her in the family.
Hear Lauren Alaina tell the story of her daughter’s name in the video below!
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