Ashley Cain welcomes second baby and explains son's name meaning
Ashley Cain
Courtesy of Ashley Cain/InstagramThe challenge alum Ashley Cain welcomed his second baby on Tuesday, January 16, and the newborn's name has a heartfelt meaning.
“Aliyas Diamond Cain, I will love you, appreciate you, guide you and protect you with all my heart, for the rest of my life,” Cain, 33, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, January 18. “You will have the most beautiful guardian angel in heaven to watch over you and protect you too. Welcome to the world, my son. May your body be strong, your mind wise, your heart loving and your mind pure and truly powerful.”
Cain uploaded a photo of Aliyas in the hospital, showing a glimpse of the newborn wearing a hat with his name embroidered on the front. The boy grabbed his father's finger.
After sharing the news of his son's birth, Cain explained how he chose the special name.
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“What the letter 'A' means is a family tradition, because it is the first letter of the first names of my father and all my uncles,” he wrote via an Instagram comment. “I got the name 'Diamond' from my grandmother and their mother. It is our family name, together with Cain, it is our Vincentian roots, all the way from our little island and from our wonderful people.”
Aliyas Diamond Cain
Courtesy of Ashley Cain/InstagramCain previously welcomed daughter Azaylia in August 2020 with then-partner Safiyya Vorajee. Two months later, Azaylia was diagnosed with leukemia. She underwent a stem cell procedure in January 2021, but her cancer ultimately returned. Azaylia passed away in April 2021 when she was 8 months old.
Azaylia
Courtesy of Ashley Cain/InstagramA year after Cain and Vorajee, 36, lost their daughter, they called it quits.
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“After a devastating and heartbreaking year, Safiyya and I decided to part ways a few months ago. This was an incredibly difficult decision that we had to keep to ourselves for a while to give us the opportunity to chart our own journey privately,” they wrote in a joint statement on social media in March 2022. “The past few months have shown that we will remain the best of friends, spending time together every day, and that we will love, care and support each other forever. We are connected by our powerful journey together, by the eternal love we have for our daughter, and our passionate commitment to her foundation.”
Cain announced in December 2023 that he was expecting his second child with a former partner, whom he had known since he was 18 years old.
“I believe that after I had Azaylia, I was put on this earth to be a father,” Cain said The sun last month. “And then the thought of possibly having another child after losing one was very difficult for me to understand. Although this next part of my journey will be difficult, I truly understand that every child who comes into this world is a blessing.