John Lennon’s Son Sean Welcomes His First Baby—and Reveals His ‘Golden’ Name

Key Takeaways

• Sean Ono Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Aurelius, into their family.

• Aurelius's name carries historical significance, inspired by Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher.

• The couple shared heartfelt reflections on parenthood, including the joys and challenges of caring for a newborn.

Sean Ono Lennon has officially introduced his baby boy to the world. Lennon is the son of the late John Lennon of Beatles fame and musician Yoko Ono. This is the first child for Lennon and longtime partner Charlotte Kemp Muhl, and they just revealed the name of this grandson of rock n' roll royalty and the serious historical weight behind it.

Sharing a post on social media, Lennon wrote that he and Kemp Muhl "have indeed created a Human Bean," and that his name is Aurelius. The couple posed together in coordinating black-and-white outfits, cradling their newborn in a photo. (Lennon, looking like a spitting image of his father John, if I might add).

Here's everything you need to know about baby Aurelius's "golden" name.

Aurelius

• Origin: Latin

• Meaning:"Golden" or "the golden one," from the Latin word aureus, according to Nameberry .

• Similar Names and Variations:Aurelio, Aurèle, Aurel, Aurelijus

• Famous Namesakes:The name's best-known namesake is Marcus Aurelius, the 2nd-century Roman emperor and author of Meditations . More recently, supermodel Elle Macpherson named her son Aurelius Cy Andrea Busson.

• Peak Popularity:Aurelius remains an uncommon choice in the U.S., currently ranking around 991st among boys' names, according to the Social Security Administration's (SSA) 1,000 most popular baby names chart. In fact, it debuted on the chart this past year.

Inside Their Early Days of Parenthood

Another post by Lennon included a poetic quote from his own famous lyricist father: "Close your eyes, have no fear, the monster's gone, he's on the run, and your daddy's here," with music note and white heart emojis. An additional post included a photo of Kemp Muhl alone with Aurelius wrapped in a white blanket and captioned "baby mama."

Kemp Muhl followed with her own post reflecting on what these early days of motherhood have been like for her, and they're things we can all relate to, such as sleep deprivation and how surreal it is having a newborn. She noted that she's already been playing little Aurelius music by Aphex Twin and Stravinsky rather than your traditional baby lullabies .

Lennon and Kemp Muhl have been together since 2007 and have spent much of their relationship collaborating as the musical duo The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger. Music brought them together when they met at Coachella two years earlier, then exchanged letters. The couple hadn't announced a pregnancy previously, so the birth announcement came as a happy surprise to their fans.

A Name Perfect for Music Royalty

Unsurprisingly, the name Aurelius carries lots of historical resonance, which is fitting for a baby born into one of contemporary music's most important and storied families. It's most famously tied to Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher who championed logic, reason, self-restraint, and acceptance of the natural order of the universe. Interestingly, Marcus Aurelius granted his name en masse to citizens of the empire who weren't given one, making Aurelius a common name as the years of his rule went on.

Aurelius certainly has a last name that has echoed through music for over six decades. It will be interesting to see if he has musical gifts and talents of his own as time goes on.

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