Shakira gives birth to a baby boy

Shakira.       (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) 

Shakira, the Colombian pop singer gave birth to another baby boy named Sasha, her second child with partner Gerard Pique.

In a statement on her official Twitter account, the 37-year-old said Sasha Pique Mebarak was born on Thursday at 9.54pm in Barcelona.

The note said the name Sasha was of Greek and Russian descent and meant "defender of mankind" and "warrior".

The statement said mother and baby were in excellent health.

The couple with Milan, their first born. 

Shakira and 27-year-old Pique, the Barcelona defender, have been a couple for the past four years, and their first child, Milan - a boy, was born in January 2013 in Barcelona.