Pete Davidson's harrowing connection to 9/11 as he names first born in tribute to late father

Pete Davidson welcomed his first child with girlfriend Elsie Hewitt earlier this month, and paid tribute to his late father with the name.

The American comedian is well known for having a string of famous and beautiful ex-girlfriends, including Kim Kardashian, Kate Beckinsale and Emily Ratajkowski, just to name just a few.

But it was fellow former flame Ariana Grande who first started the rumours about Davidson having some Grande features of his own, something which weirdly now seems to be a common consensus in the celebrity world.

And now the 32-year-old has finally used that feature in the way that God intended, as he and his latest girlfriend welcomed a baby girl on December 13, having confirmed that they were expecting back in July.

They have reportedly only been dating since March, so it seems as if she fell pregnant shortly after they met, but now the two will co-parent Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson after she was born on 13 December.

Their little bundle of joy arrived just in time for Christmas (Instagram/@elsie)

Fans were quick to point out that the name seems to be a tribute to Pete's own father Scott, who died during the 9/11 attacks in September 2001 after he had been dispatched to the World Trade Center when the second hijacked plane hit.

At the age of just 33, he was killed after charging inside to help save people - just moments before the building collapsed.

Davidson has previously spoken out about the harrowing way in which he discovered his father had passed away, as the firefighter had promised to pick him up from school on the day of the tragedy.

The comedian, who was speaking during an appearance on Jon Bernthal's Real Ones podcast, said: "I got picked up by my mom. She didn't tell me what was going on for like three days. She kept telling me dad's at work, I had no idea."

The SNL star was just seven when his father died after the horrific attacks, and it seems as if he was one of the last to find out after finally spotting his father's face on television.

Pete Davidson was just seven when his father died (Instagram/@petedavidson)

He recounted: "My mom's like, 'You're just grounded, you're not allowed to watch TV'. I was like, 'What? I didn't do anything'. And then one night I turn on the TV and I saw my dad on TV.

"They're like, 'These are all the fireman who are dead'."

More than 24 years on and Davidson now has a child of his own, and he will no doubt reflect on both his father's heroic actions and his mother's role as a single mother when raising Scottie, as she was just 30 when she lost her husband.

He added: "As I get older, I'm like, 'Man, my mom was awesome'."

After announcing the child's birth on Instagram, Hewitt wrote: "I am absolutely overflowing with love and gratitude and disbelief."