Elton John: “Why We Chose Zachary as the Name for Our Son”
After welcoming Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John on Dec. 25 via a surrogate, Sir Elton John, 62, and partner David Furnish, 48, shared the joyous news with UsMagazine.com.
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“We have fulfilled a dream in finally becoming parents, and are so happy and excited at this very special time. Zachary is a gorgeous little baby and we are so proud of him,” John tells UsMagazine.com. The couple explained that they didn’t take long in choosing the baby’s name. “A friend gave us a book of baby names, and we started to flick through it, but we have always loved the name Zachary and kept coming back to it. In the end, we looked at each other, and put the book back on shelf, and said, “This is it!'”
The music superstar met Furnish, a film director and producer, in October 1993 at a dinner party held at his home. “He was very well dressed, very shy,” John says of their first meeting. Noting that he was “instantly” attracted to Furnish, the singer says their relationship took off from there. “The next night we had dinner…We fell in love very quickly.”
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John proposed to Furnish in 2005 and the two married in a civil ceremony on December 21, 2005, the first day that civil partnerships could be performed in England, in the town of Old Windsor. The pair work hard to keep their relationship strong. “Every Saturday for 16 years, we’ve sent each other a card,” John told Parade earlier this year. “No matter where we are in the world, to say how much we love each other.”