Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky have welcomed a baby girl named Rose Bean Polansky, born June 9 at 11:19 p.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a birth certificate obtained by BounceFeed.com. The name reportedly carries a double tribute to Gaga’s own music history — one nod to her “La Vie En Rose” performance in “A Star Is Born,” and another to activist Carl Bean, the inspiration behind her hit “Born This Way.”
Even her daughter’s name has a bridge and a chorus. Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky are officially parents, and true to form, they didn’t pick a name without meaning packed into every syllable.
The Announcement
According to a birth certificate obtained by BounceFeed.com, Rose Bean Polansky was born June 9 at 11:19 p.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The 40-year-old singer and her 42-year-old fiancé have largely kept this chapter of their lives private, though Gaga was recently spotted out in Northern California with the couple’s newborn. Reps for the couple have not publicly confirmed or commented on the baby’s name.
Where “Rose” Comes From
The name Rose is widely believed to trace back to “La Vie En Rose,” the Édith Piaf classic Gaga famously performed in the 2018 film “A Star Is Born” — a soundtrack that spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The connection runs deeper than the movie alone: Gaga has a large rose tattoo running the length of her spine, paired with the words “la vie en rose” written in script beside it.
Where “Bean” Comes From
The baby’s middle name appears to nod to Carl Bean, the singer and activist whose life and work helped inspire Gaga’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Born This Way” — a song built around themes of inclusion and self-acceptance that Bean championed throughout his career.
Put together, Rose Bean Polansky’s name doubles as a quiet timeline of two of the most meaningful moments in her mother’s musical career.
A Big Year Before Becoming a Mom
Motherhood arrives on the heels of one of the busiest stretches of Gaga’s career. She spent much of the past year touring behind her sixth studio album, “Mayhem,” which also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The accompanying Mayhem Ball wrapped in April after stops across five continents, grossing $419.5 million and selling just under 2 million tickets — numbers that placed it among the 10 highest-grossing tours by a woman in Billboard Boxscore history.
Earlier this year, Gaga also appeared as herself in “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” contributing three new songs to the film’s soundtrack.
A Dream a Long Time in the Making
Gaga has spoken openly for years about wanting to become a mother. Back in a December 2019 video with NikkieTutorials, she described children as part of her 10-year plan: “I want to do more movies. I want to have babies.”
More recently, she told Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show” that becoming a mother would be her “next starring role.”
Engaged, Not Married — Despite the Rumors
Gaga and Polansky remain engaged but have not married, despite a recent report claiming the two had secretly tied the knot. Sources close to the couple say family members have seen them together recently and confirmed no wedding has taken place.
Polansky, an entrepreneur and Harvard graduate, first entered Gaga’s orbit during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he quarantined with her at her Malibu home. Gaga publicly confirmed their engagement in July 2024, introducing Polansky as her fiancé while speaking with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal at the Paris Olympics. He later became a creative collaborator as well, co-producing “Mayhem” and co-writing several of its songs. In March, Gaga said the couple planned to get married “soon.”
For now, though, the spotlight belongs to their newest addition — and the name that ties her, quite literally, to her mother’s biggest moments.
