Former Iraqi prisoner-of-war Jessica Lynch gave birth to a baby girl in a Parkersburg, W.Va., hospital.

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Dakota Ann, born Friday weighing in at 7-pounds, 10-ounces, and "is just fat and gorgeous," family spokeswoman Aly Goodwin Gregg told People magazine.

It's the first child for Lynch, 23, now a college student, and fiance Wes Robinson, 25, who works in a plastics manufacturing plant.

Dakota Ann is named after Lynch's friend, Pfc. Lori Piestewa, one of 11 soldiers killed in March 2003 when their military convoy was attacked in Iraq. During the ambush, Lynch was taken prisoner, suffering a fractured spine and crushed right foot before being rescued.

"'Dakota' is a Native American word for friend or ally, and Ann was Lori's middle name," Gregg said. "The name is in honor of Jessi's friendship with Lori," who was part Hopi and raised in Navajo country.