Earlier we posted that Matthew McCounaghey and his girlfriend Camila Alves welcomed their baby son on Tuesday (July 8).

They named the baby Levi Alves McConaughey, the proud father has spoken to OK! magazine, “Levi was another name for the apostle Matthew in The Bible. They were, in fact, two names for the same person. Our son was born at 6:22 pm, and this particular time represents my favorite verse in the book of Matthew in The Bible: ‘If thy eye be single, thy whole body will be full of light. We wanted to incorporate her family name.”

The couple together issued the following statement, “We welcome Levi Alves McConaughey into this wonderful life and look forward to living in it with him. In the mean time and all times, just keep livin’.”

While McConaughey’s brother, Rooster, told People that his brother is lucky to have a boy the first time, he joked, “You can get away with dropping ‘em a couple times, and they’ll still be okay. Can’t really do that with a little girl.”

Speaking on his brother he said, “He’s probably a bit tired right now, probably been sitting around that hospital just staring at the little guy, The other day I told him, ‘Don’t worry if other people want to hold him for that first year. That’s okay.’ Our dad always used to say that, Hell, you wanna wait until their neck muscles get stronger anyway. That’s when the fun starts. I like ‘em when they get a bit tougher. I told him, they don’t really get fun until they’re about a year old anyway.”

Rooster who has two children, including a 2 year old named, Miller Lyte, finished off by saying “That guy is going to make one helluva a dad.”