{"id":71,"date":"2025-04-21T11:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.babynamescube.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2025-04-25T10:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T10:43:15","slug":"megan-hilty-welcomes-baby-girl-viola-philomena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.babynamescube.com\/blog\/celebrity\/megan-hilty-welcomes-baby-girl-viola-philomena\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Hilty Welcomes Baby Girl Viola Philomena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Hilty The \u201cSmash\u201d actress gave birth to a baby girl named Viola Philomena.Megan Hilty and husband Brian Gallagher welcomed a daughter, Viola Philomena, on Thursday, Sept. 18 in New York City. <\/p>\n<p>Megan and Brian were married in November 2013 in a ceremony in Las Vegas. 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