Taylor Lautner and his wife, Tay Lautner, have officially become parents, and the name they chose immediately caught fans’ attention. The 34-year-old “Twilight” actor and his 29-year-old wife announced on September 23 that their baby girl had arrived one week earlier, on September 16. Alongside their first glimpse of the newborn, the couple revealed her full name: Lennon Taylor Lautner. They are already calling her “Lenny.” The middle name carries an especially playful meaning because both of her parents are named Taylor Lautner. After months of jokes about whether their daughter might become a third Taylor, the couple found a sentimental way to keep the family name without making things quite that confusing.

The announcement showed little Lennon dressed in a soft onesie beside embroidered artwork displaying her name. Fans quickly filled the comments with congratulations, with many saying they loved that “Taylor” had survived as part of the baby’s name. The running joke began long before Lennon arrived, especially after the couple announced their pregnancy in March with sonogram photos and the teasing question, “What’s better than two Taylor Lautners?” Now everyone finally knows their answer — and the name they selected gave that old joke an unexpectedly sweet ending.

For Taylor and Tay, however, welcoming their daughter marks a much bigger change than a clever name. Parenthood brings the ordinary responsibilities faced by families everywhere, from health insurance and an expanding household budget to future investment and estate planning. New parents may eventually speak with an attorney about guardianship documents, consider mortgage decisions as their family grows, or handle paperwork that could involve a court under unusual circumstances, but the Lautners are currently focused on the quieter first days with their newborn. The couple met in 2018 after Taylor’s sister, Makena Moore, helped introduce them, became engaged in 2021 and married in November 2022. Tay, formerly Taylor Dome, has long shortened her first name to “Tay” partly because sharing the exact same first and last name with her husband can create plenty of confusion.

That matching-name situation has become one of the couple’s favorite inside jokes, but Lennon’s arrival has given it a new meaning. When Tay and Taylor announced the pregnancy earlier this year, followers immediately began wondering whether they would actually name their child Taylor as well. They stopped just short of doing that, instead placing the name in the middle and giving their daughter an identity of her own. Lennon may eventually hear plenty of stories about why her parents chose her name, including all the online jokes that came before she was born. For now, though, the Lautners appear to be enjoying something far simpler: their first week as a family of three, with little Lenny finally home and a familiar name connecting all of them.