Vin Diesel Talks About Naming His Baby After Paul Walker

On Monday, Vin Diesel revealed the sex and name of his new baby, sharing that he named his child after a special person. The actor told the Today host that he named his daughter Pauline as a tribute to Paul Walker. "There's no other person that I was thinking about as I was cutting this umbilical cord. I just . . . knew he was there," said the new dad. "It felt like, you know, a way to keep his memory a part of my family and a part of my world." The actor and his girlfriend welcomed their third child just a few weeks ago and shared an adorable photo of the newborn on social media. Watch Vin announce the special moment above, and then see him talk about meeting Paul for the first time.