The One Direction dad has taken to Twitter to share the first photo of him cradling his newborn son. Louis Tomlinson posted the black and white image to his 21.3 million followers last night, also confirming the child's name, previously thought to be Sidney: The 24-year-old star captioned the image: ‘Meet my little lad, Freddie.’

Meet my little lad, Freddie ? pic.twitter.com/nec7OqwuQR

— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) January 28, 2016

Freddie Reign, who will take the last name Tomlinson after his father, was born on January 21 to the singer and his ex-partner Briana Jungwirth. The new mum also used social media to share a precious first shot of her newborn, adding the caption: "1/21/16. Freddie Reign. Love of my life"

1/21/16. Freddie Reign. Love of my life?

A photo posted by Briana Jungwirth (@brianaashleyjungwirth) on Jan 27, 2016 at 8:37pm PST