The former Spice Girl has named her three-week-old girl Angel Iris Murphy on the birth certificate and says the tot resembles the actor, Eddie Murphy.
She said in an interview with Britain's OK! magazine: "I look at the baby and she has his big smile and dimples. She's gorgeous, she has taken the best bits of both of us."
Mel, 31, admits she was devastated by the way Eddie publicly ended their seven-month relationship and demanded a DNA test, but insists she still has "nothing but love" for him.
This contraticts previous reports that the baby's name is Daphne Fortuna.
