Taylor Lautner is officially a dad. The Twilight star and his wife Tay welcomed their first child, a daughter named Lennon Taylor Lautner, on September 16, 2026, and shared the news on Instagram one week later. The post featured a photo of their newborn along with the caption,“One week loving our sweet little Lenny,”and just like that, a new nickname was born.
The couple has been building toward this moment all year. They announced the pregnancy in March 2026 and confirmed in April that they were expecting a girl. As it turns out, that was exactly the plan. Tay had shared on the Call Her Daddy podcast that her husband was hoping for a daughter, saying,“He’s, like, girl dad. He wants all girls.”Taylor and Tay met in 2017 through his sister, started dating in 2018, and married in November 2022 in Templeton, California.
So yes, the guy who once howled at the moon is now a full-on girl dad, and the internet is here for it. Baby Lennon already has a nickname, a legendary name inspiration, and two very smitten parents.
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