Matthew Settle Welcomes Daughter Aven Angelica

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Gossip Girl‘s Matthew Settle plays a dad on TV, and now he’s one in real life! Wife Naama Nativ gave birth to their first child, daughter Aven Angelica Settle, earlier this afternoon, Thursday, March 5th. Weighing in at 8 lbs., 11 oz, Aven and her mom “are happy and healthy and the new parents are thrilled,” according to their rep.

Matthew, 39, and Naama, 25, announced the pregnancy in August, sharing in November that a girl was on the way! At the time, the couple were undecided on names, with Naama saying, “We’ll see. I want Angelica!” Looks like she won out — at least partially — in the end!

Source: PEOPLE

Comments

What a gorgeous name! I love it, so pretty. I love Matthew on Gossip Girl. I didn’t realize their age difference before/had no idea Naama was 25!

- April on March 5th, 2009

Aww, congrats to them! I love the name Aven, it’s different but not out there!

- Erika on March 5th, 2009

Congrats to them! I love Matthew on GG and Aven’s a pretty name!

- NatashaC on March 5th, 2009

CONGRATS TO THE GORGEOUS COUPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wish you the best with your little girl!

- lolita on March 5th, 2009

Beautiful name. I didn’t realise that Naama and I were the same age. Love Rufus!

- Devon on March 5th, 2009

Congrats to them.
I love the name
but exactly how would you pronounce it.

- Vanessa on March 5th, 2009

Vanessa, I think the name is pronounced like Ava with an -en ending. Pretty name, maybe it will catch on. Ava, Avery, and such are very popular right now, maybe Aven is next.

- Stella on March 5th, 2009

I actually like the name, too! Very pretty. Not a fan of Angelica, but it fits. Congrats to the couple! That baby is sure to be gorgeous!

- Mallory on March 5th, 2009

I like the name, I think it flows very well! But my question is how do you pronounce Naama??

- Fifi on March 5th, 2009

I’m not a fan of Angelica either, but I do indeed like Aven. Congrats to them!

- Brooklyn on March 5th, 2009

Aven is on my friend’s list for boy’s names! I like it for either gender.

- Kaitlyn on March 5th, 2009

Fifi, Naama is pronounced like Nah-ma.

- Mallory on March 5th, 2009

Aww, I like the name…I felt like she was pregnant for years…though I don’t know who either of them are…CONGRATS!

- jasmine on March 5th, 2009

Kaitlyn, I was thinking it could easily work for a male also!

- Kelly on March 5th, 2009

i am hoping the name doesnt become popular. we named our son it 7 years ago and did it to have a different name. if his name was on the top 20 list i would be heartbroken. i made sure none of my kids names at the time were in the top 1000. and when i see a celeb name their kid my kids name i cringe. we pronounce it with a hard a like aidan but with a v. although it can also be with a soft a. i wonder if thats the case since she is a girl. we love the name for our son and think it fits him perfectly.

- sasha on March 5th, 2009

The only Aven I know is male, pronounced to rhyme with Raven & Haven.

- stacey on March 5th, 2009

aven!! that’s what we were planning on naming our next daughter! i was so surprised to see that up there, i sincerely hope that it doesn’t catch on!

- shaina on March 6th, 2009

Actually Naama is pronounced Nay-ah-mah, its Israeli

- Danielle on March 6th, 2009

I like that name, very unusual. Having just read April’s comment I too was surprised that Naama was only 25, whenever I saw pictures of her I always thought she had amazing skin and was look good for her age but I put it down to ‘model genes’.

- Bumbles on March 6th, 2009

I agree about this name. I have only known one other person with this name and it was a man. He also spelled it Avin not Aven. I suppose it could be the “a” sound like in apple or Ashley. But I never would have thought of it as a girls name. Hopefully it won’t suddenly blow up! Congrats to the couple!

- Elle on March 6th, 2009

I really like Angelica as a name, so precious.

- Terri on March 6th, 2009

The name is beautiful but I wonder they realize the unfortunate word her initials spell.

- bob on March 9th, 2009

Congrats to the happy couple. Angelica is a beautiful name. Babies are blessings.!!

- Judith on March 12th, 2009

My name is Aven. I am a 53-year-old American woman and delighted to hear — at last — of another female Aven. My mother read the name in 1941 in a novel called “Tap Root” by James Street. It told of a county in Georgia (or was it Alabama?) that refused to secede from the Union during the Civil War. It was published in response to “Gone with the Wind.” Aven and Morna are sisters. Aven is the baddie — clearly based on Scarlet O’Hara — who steals the fiance of Morna, clearly based on Melanie Hamilton. The story itself is loosely based in truth. There was a county in the sesesh south that defied the state capitol and tried to remain loyal to the Union. It was overrun and the holdouts were routed or killed. Anyway, the author used Aven as a female name. Most American Avens — and there are not many — are male and southern. The name has many origins — the Bible (Book of Amos and others), Latin (it’s a blue flower and related to avis [bird]), old and middle French (meaning a deep cave or chasm), middle English (meaning having to do with oats, and therefore having to do with horses –an avener was a horse trainer and attendant), and in Gypsy culture it has a meaning — witness the Gypsy Kings song,”Aven Aven.”

- Aven Rennie on March 23rd, 2009

Our daughter is 6 and her name is Aven….pronounced with a long ‘a’ sounds….my husband had heard the name somewhere and really liked it….we had no idea what its meanings were so this has been very interesting to hear….

- katy on January 4th, 2010

My daughter is named Aven (like Raven or Haven) and I just this morning heard my morning dj say his niece, born yesterday, is also named Aven.

- Sarah on September 8th, 2010

Like Aven Rennie (above), I was named after the Aven in Tap Roots. I think it was actually based Mississippi. I have the book somewhere but haven’t read it yet. I’m not sure how I feel about having the name become so popular. I kinda liked being unique, lol.

- Aven McNab on January 18th, 2011