Greg Vaughan Welcomes Son Cavan Thomas

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It’s a second son for Greg Vaughan and Touriya Haoud!

Cavan Thomas Vaughan arrived on Tuesday, Jan. 19th at 1:19 p.m., weighing in at 7 lbs., 15 oz and measuring 20 inches long — the “exact weight/size of his big brother,” 2 ½-year-old Jathan James, the actor Tweeted.

“Big thanks to ALL & MANY who have wished us well on the birth of our new son,” Greg wrote. “He has all fingers & toes! Plus another butt chinned boy! “

Click here to see a photo of Greg, Jathan and Cavan.

Greg — who left General Hospital this past fall but will be appearing on 90210 soon — and Touriya announced the pregnancy in August.

Source: Greg Vaughan

Comments

Congrats to them! Interesting name, once again.

- Mallory on January 20th, 2010

I love both the names.

- Shirese on January 20th, 2010

Thank god this kid is gonna be gorgeous because these 2 are horrible name pickers. Really? I guess they dont think about these kids 15 years from now and how they are going to have to explain such ridiculous names.

- Laura on January 20th, 2010

Aw, congrats to them! Though it sounds like they named their kids “Jason” and “Kevin” and just mixed it up to be a little crazier!

- Bonnie on January 20th, 2010

I don’t mind either name – to each his own. But I still can’t say Jathan without it sounding like “Jason” with a lisp. Am I pronouncing it wrong?!
Congrats to them on the new baby!

- nan on January 20th, 2010

Love the name Cavan

- michelle on January 20th, 2010

Wonder if it is Cavan like “Cave” or like “Have”

- michelle on January 20th, 2010

Jathan and Cavan are awkward. Jathan does sound like Jason with a lisp. Cavan is just odd because either way it’s pronounce it will sound like some mispronouncing Kevin, Calvin or Gavin.

- Jane on January 20th, 2010

Cavan is a BEAUTIFUL Irish name. I love it. Definitely one of my favorites.

- Caitie on January 20th, 2010

Jathan is such a horrible, awkward name, Jason with a lisp… poor guy!
Cavan is cute though

- Alycia on January 20th, 2010

I’m not so fond of the names, but congrats!

- Tina on January 20th, 2010

What’s the fuss about the names? I love the names! Unique but not weird… Lots of love from Holland!

- Sanne on January 20th, 2010

Not really crazy about Jathan or Cavan, but they’re not my kids. I’m just happy they’re healthy. And Cavan isn’t really all that bad.

- Luna on January 20th, 2010

I think that both names are adorable

- Brooke on January 20th, 2010

yay! i think its a cool name

- Tina. on January 20th, 2010

the names give me a little chuckle, like I say them and wonder if I am really sasying it right? Jathan wasn’t supposed to be Jason or Nathan? Cavan wasn’t supposed to Be Gavin, Calvin, or Kevin? That’s what I think of when I say them.

- Reader on January 20th, 2010

Wow! Born on 1/19 at 1:19 That’s neat!

- Lis on January 20th, 2010

I don’t see why people get up in arms about another person’s kid’s name at all. First of all, it is not your kid and no one has to hold the same taste as you. Second of all, these kids are growing up with each other. If anything the Emilys and Johns will be made fun of before the Jathans and Cavans. And besides, if kids are not made fun of by some other ill-mannered kid for their name, it will be because of how they look, where they live, or some other reason. Basically, if they have a stable family unit, they will get over the bully making fun of them

- shirese on January 20th, 2010

Congratulations to Greg, Touriya, and Jathan! I bet Cavan is beautiful.

I think people need to be more open to the idea that some of these names might be coming from a different culture. Just because it sounds different or strange here in North America doesn’t mean it does somewhere else. I don’t know if there’s any history behind the name Jathan, but like Caitie said, I’m pretty sure Cavan is Irish.

- alice jane on January 20th, 2010

i seem to be one of the few who like this name! i know a twenty-something named cavan, but he pronounces it cuh-van…that may be totally “wrong” though…either way, both boys have lovely “normal” middle names if some of your predictions turn out true and they are mocked for their unique first names…

- noam on January 20th, 2010

Ooh I love the name! How cool that it’s the same stats as big bro!

- Emaline on January 20th, 2010

Congratulations to Greg & Touriya!

- ll65 on January 20th, 2010

How do you pronounce Cavan? Like Gavin with a C? Or like Cave – an?

- Sarah on January 20th, 2010

really don’t like Jathan, it sounds silly and Cavan is weird, sounds like they wanted to go for something like Caden and realised it was too popular. same with jason-jathan…..
i’m not getting up in arms about it obviously not my kid, my life just voicing my opinion.

- JM on January 20th, 2010

so, does Cavan rhyme with their last name Vaughan?
I’m thinking it is pronounced Cuh-vaughn Vaughan?

- fuzibuni on January 20th, 2010

My Irish friend, who speak Irish says it is pronounced Kah-ven. The “a” is like the “a” in cat.

- shirese on January 20th, 2010

I found this over the Internet on pronunciation:

http://www.forvo.com/word/cavan/

- shirese on January 20th, 2010

Alice Jean, I agree! Let’s don’t forget that Touriya is not American. Maybe there is dutch roots in both names?
Personaly I love the name Jathan! But also Caven sounds nice.
The “exact weight/size of his big brother”, thats cute!:)
Congratulation for all family!

- Ines on January 20th, 2010

FWIW, Cavan is one of the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland, and a town of the same name. It’s not usually used as a given name in Ireland….more common would be Caoimhin (Kee-vin). Still, it’s a little like naming your child Tipperary.

- IrishPolPhd on January 20th, 2010

My Dad, was from Cavan in Ireland and its a very popular boys name there, also its pronounced Cav-an.

- collette on January 20th, 2010

We considered using this name for our son because we stayed in Cavan when we visited Ireland, however, I thought it was too close to Kevin (my brother in law’s name) and I’m really glad we didn’t use it now. I have a friend with a son named Cavan and I thought he was Kevin for the longest time, until I saw it written down in an email! It’s a nice attempt at a different name, but it’s awkward in that way.

- crg on January 20th, 2010

Our 6 month old son is named Cavan. (rhymes with Gavin) Its Gaelic origin and the meaning is “handsome”. We love it even though its not common, we always have to spell it for people, some want to pronounce it Cave-in. We hope he will like it one day too. Just because its not common does not necessarily mean that its strange (like Moonbeam) and it sounds much better than many popular names.

- bridget on January 20th, 2010

I really like the name. It’s not as commen as other names(now a days, and dont get me wrong, cause there is nothing wrong with those names!)and it’s not as weird as some names you hear nowadays in Hollywood land.
They are unique, special, but still pretty

- Chantal on January 20th, 2010

Congrats to Touriya, Greg & Jathan with the arrival of Cavan Thomas.

On the dutch tv they just showed a picture of Greg, Jathan and baby Cavan.

They are just a beautiful family. I love their boys names.

- Sylvana on January 20th, 2010

I love how people can say a name is silly without knowing how it’s pronounced.

- kai on January 20th, 2010

Congratulations to both Greg & Touriya. I love the name Cavan! And how crazy that he was the exact weight that his big brother was when he was born! Oh and what a great date & time to be born: 1:19pm on 1/19/10!

- Brooklyn on January 20th, 2010

@ Ines: I’m Dutch myself and neither Jathan or Cavan has Dutch origins. To be honest, I have never even heard either of those names before, so I don’t think they got their inspiration here…

Overall, I do like the name Cavan. And I think it’s pronounced like Caden. The pronounciation ‘Kevin’ seems a bit far fetched to me… that would be like pronouncing Jason as ‘Jessen’…or something similar.

- Amber on January 20th, 2010

I posted earlier and now the more I hear the name, I really like it and jathan is growing on me too.

- Luna on January 20th, 2010

Cavan is not pronounced like Caden, it’s pronounced like Gavin but with a “C”.

- crg on January 20th, 2010

I think there are far worse names out there than Jathan and Cavan.

As for the pronounciation, a friend of mine is named this and he pronounces it like Gavin with a C.

- Liliana on January 20th, 2010

Okay, I try not to make fun of people’s name choices, but these have me scratching my head.

- Olivia on January 20th, 2010

How weird that they were the exact same weight and size! Their names are very matchy.

- mrsh on January 20th, 2010

The world needs more babies that will grow up to look like Greg

Some day old baby is gonna be a lucky girl…

- Lola Marie on January 20th, 2010

Jathan & Cavan may sound strange & made up, but they’re a million times better than Sin Halo!

- Nysha on January 20th, 2010

Craig Biggio (the baseball player) has a son named Cavan Thomas, born in 95′. He pronounces it like Gavin

- Sadie on January 20th, 2010

I used to watch GH when he was on there. I wish them lots of love and happiness.

The names of their children are a bit uncommon and perhaps unusual but at least they didn’t go with Pilot Inspecktor or Jermajesty. *shakes head*

- CK on January 20th, 2010

I think the names are Macedonian. Afterall, that’s Touriya’s heritage.

- Sarah on January 21st, 2010

Cavan is a county in Ireland, where I’m from and there NOBODY called that over here

- shelly on January 21st, 2010

@ collette Sorry to contradict but I’m Irish and I’ve yet to hear of a boy called Cavan over here. Naming your child after a county is not the done thing in Ireland.

- Deirdre on January 21st, 2010

It’s a nice name.

Vaughan is Welsh so Greg obviously has Celtic roots which could mean Irish roots which could lead to the name Cavan, which as already stated, is a county in Ireland.

Regardless, those of you making judgements about names, remember a lot of poeple hate your kids names, whatever they may be.

- Ellen on January 21st, 2010

The Jason with a lisp thing had me literally laughing out loud. My brother’s name is Jason and when I said “Jathan” to myself just now I couldn’t believe how funny it felt and sounded. I do like Cavan though…

- Ali on January 21st, 2010

Jathan is getting to be such a little man now. He’s so cute, and so is his new little brother, Cavan! I think the name’s cool, IMO.

Congrats to Greg, Touriya and Jathan on the new addition to their family.

- FC on January 21st, 2010

alice jane- I couldn’t agree more! Padma’ Lakshmi has said she’s going to give her a baby a traditional Indian name (as she is from India), so obviously her baby’s name will probably sound weird to us Americans, Europeans, etc. I sincerely hope that she will does not face the criticsm that these two have faced!

- CelebBabyLover on January 22nd, 2010

Who cares what names we like or dislike it is what it is for Greg and Touriya. After all if they grow looking like Greg who cares what first names they have. I like both names to be honest

- Juju on January 22nd, 2010

My 2 year old son is called Cavan, who wants to have the same name as 4 other children in the class at school? most people love the name and comment on it if they havent heard of it before.

- Leanne on May 15th, 2011