After struggling with fertility issues, Jayma Mays’ character in Glee – the wide-eyed, obsessive-compulsive guidance counsellor Emma Pillsbury – gave birth to a baby boy during the musical comedy show’s fifth season.

Now Mays, 37, and her husband have welcomed a son of their own.

The TV star gave birth in August, but the baby’s arrival has only just been confirmed. E! News reports that Mays and her husband, the English actor Adam Campbell, have named their son Jude.

Jude was a relatively unpopular name for years, thanks to its association with biblical traitor Judas Iscariot and the tragic title character in Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure.

Glee star Jayma Mays’ new baby boy has a very cool name