Hargitay: 'Family helped choose baby name'

Mariska Hargitay has said that her entire family was involved in choosing a name for her new adopted daughter.

The Law and Order: SVU star and husband Peter Hermann adopted the 1-year-old baby girl last week.

Speaking to People the actress, who has a 4-year-old son named August, said: "We all talked about names because everything is a family decision in our house".

She continued: "I threw out my name and he threw out his name and I said, 'August, why do you get to name the baby?' And he said, 'Because it's my idea!'"

The family decided to name the baby Amaya Josephine.

Hargitay added: "I liked that name, but I wanted her to have the same initials as August. I thought adding the 'A' was so feminine. Amaya sounded so open and feminine and beautiful - just like her."

Hargitay previously suffered from a collapsed lung as a result of an injury she sustained on the set of SVU. She later declared that she had fully recovered.