Elton John names second son Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John

Star gives tongue-twister name to baby

08:18 16th January 2013

Elton John has officially confirmed the birth of his second son, and revealed the name of the addition to his growing family.

The 'Rocket Man' singer has revealed that their second son is named Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John, and was born on Friday in LA.

Elijah was born through a surrogate mother, the same woman who carried their first child Zachary, and weighed 8lb 4oz.

Elijah will be a little brother to Zachary, who was born in December 2010. Elton said in interviews last year that the couple would 'definitely' have a second child, telling the media, "At what stage we don't know, but we definitely will."

Now he has told Hello!, "Both of us have longed to have children, but the reality that we now have two sons is almost unbelievable.

"The birth of our second son completes our family in a most precious and perfect way. It is difficult to fully express how we are feeling at this time - we are just overwhelmed with happiness and excitement."

Elton John, David Furnish and son Zachary on holiday in the summer of 2012

Elton, 65, married David, 50, in 2005, after the couple had been together for 12 years.

He has previously said that he didn't want Zachary to be an only child, saying, "I think it's difficult to be an only child, and to be an only child of someone famous," he said. "I want Zachary to have a sibling."

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