Kevin Costner, wife have new son named Hayes

Actor says it’s a ‘great Western name’ for baby boy

	Kevin Costner and his wife Christine Baumgartner are proud parents of a baby boy, born Thursday night in Los Angeles.
Chris Pizzello / AP file

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updated 9:13 a.m. ET Feb. 13, 2009

LOS ANGELES - Kevin Costner and his wife are proud parents of a baby boy, his publicist Arnold Robinson said.

Costner’s wife Christine Baumgartner, 34, gave birth to Hayes Logan Costner on Thursday night in Los Angeles. He weighs 8 pounds, 15 ounces.

Costner went back to the old West to find a name for his new son. The 54-year-old actor told AP Radio before the baby was born that he would call him Hayes after “a cowboy character” in a Western he plans to film. Costner calls Hayes “a great Western name.”

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He’s the second son for Costner and Baumgartner. Their other child, Cayden, is 21 months old.

Costner also has three grown children from a previous marriage.