25 celebrity godparents and their famous godchildren

Aaron asked his Breaking Bad co-star and longtime friend Bryan to be his son Ryden's godfather after his arrival in April 2022.

"I asked Bryan on his birthday if he would be our baby's godfather," Aaron said, before teasing that he initially turned down the role.

"No, he's very excited, very honored," he continued. "I love the man to death. He's one of my best friends in the world, and, so yeah, it was just a no-brainer."

Mindy and B.J. have an incredibly close friendship, so it seemed only right that he became her daughter Katherine's godfather after her birth in 2017.

"The truth is that B.J. is so much more like family now than a platonic friend. He's the godfather to my daughter," she told Good Housekeeping in 2019. "He comes over like once a week. Sometimes he'll come over just to hang out with her," she added.

B.J. has since become godfather to Mindy's two other children, son Spencer and daughter Anne.

Marisa's close friendship with Lisa Bonet meant she was named Zoe's godmother. "My mother had really great girlfriends. Marisa Tomei is my godmother. I've always been around strong women, funny women. Humor is a big thing in my family," she told Allure back in 2017.

Henry remained close friends with his Happy Days co-star Ron Howard, who later asked him to be his daughter Bryce's godfather, an honor she later said made her a "very lucky woman."

"There is something about Henry Winkler that is very, very, very magical. He is just the most loving human being and he is so present and he cares so deeply," Bryce told People.

"He's also really funny and charming and charismatic and wonderful," she added. "He's like a father to me. He really, really is."

As if having the honor of officiating Jennifer and Ben's 2005 Turks and Caicos wedding wasn't enough, Jennifer also enlisted her Alias co-star Victor to be the godfather of her and Ben's eldest daughter, Violet.

While he has an official connection to Violet, Victor has a soft spot for Fin and Samuel, too. 

"Those children are so daunting and intimidating. They are so smart that I feel unequal," he told Us Weekly of the trio. "They're just beyond brilliant, those kids." 

Jaime King was once a member of Taylor Swift's girl squad, and in 2015 – in the middle of the 1989 tour –  the singer hosted a baby shower for the actress' youngest son.

Following a sold out show in Philadelphia, the singer returned to Los Angeles for the star-studded celebrations, which included Gigi Hadid and the Haim sisters.

"How can I put this into words… @taylorswift is not only going to be an exquisite Godmother but one of the best friends one could ask for. Thank you Tay for throwing me such an insanely beautiful baby shower," Jaime wrote.

After his birth in July 2015, Taylor flew to LA to meet the young baby, sharing a picture and captioning it: "Meeting my boy."

"Your little hand's wrapped around my finger and it's so quiet in the world tonight," she wrote, referencing lyrics from her song "Never Grow Up".

Lindsay Lohan welcomed her son Luai in July 2023, fans wondered who may be asked to be the baby boy's godparents.

Well, we found out seven months later when Lindsay and her husband Bader Shammas attended a Golden State Warriors game and Steph Curry signed a game jersey for the couple's infant son Luai.

"To Luai ... Your godparents love you!" read the inscription, revealing that the Freaky Friday actress had asked Steph and his wife Ayesha to be godparents.

The two couples became friends after being introduced by mutual friend, chef Michael Mina, and Ayesha and Lindsay had dinner in Dubai.

"We all just honestly hit it off. We were supposed to have dinner for an hour, just a little meetup, and we ended up spending the whole evening," said Ayesha.

During Harry and Meghan's titular Netflix documentary, Tyler Perry revealed that the royal pair asked him to be godfather to their daughter Lilibet during a very nervous phone call.

"I go, 'Okay, what's going on?' They said, 'Well, we'd like for you to be Lili's godfather.' I go, 'Whoa!'" Tyler revealed, admitting that he "had to take a minute to take that in".

Vin Diesel became close friends with Paul Walker during their time on the Fast & Furious franchise, and it's why Paul chose Vin to be his daughter Meadow's godfather.

In the years since Paul's death in 2013, Vin had become a father figure to Meadow, and in 2021 he walked her down the aisle during her October wedding to actor Louis Thornton-Allan.

The pair celebrated in the Dominican Republic in front of an intimate group of family and friends due to the pandemic.

In a video shared on Instagram, Vin could be seen in a cream linen suit as Meadow held onto his arm.

Elizabeth Taylor was close friends with the late Michael Jackson.

The singer asked the actress to be godmother to his daughter Paris so she would have a strong female figure in her life who knew what it was like "growing up in the spotlight'.

"I am close with Paris," the Home Alone alum said in 2018 of his goddaughter; Macauley was only 17 when Michael asked him to stand in as the ceremonial figure.

"She’s tall, and beautiful and smart," he told Marc Maron, although refused to share anymore because of how protective he was over her.

In 2017 they got matching tattoos.

Jennifer and Courteney became best friends during their 10 years on the show Friends, and so it was no surprise when Courtney asked her co-star to be godmother to her daughter Coco, born in 2004.

"Jennifer has the biggest heart," the actress told PEOPLE, "and there could be no better godmother."

"Happy birthday my sweet Cocolicious! Godmama LOVES you!" Jennifer wrote on social media to celebrate Coco's 17th birthday in 2021.

Brad and Bono have been friends for years, and Angelina and Bono bonded over their shared humanitarian efforts so it's not a surprise to learn that the former couple asked the U2 frontman to be godfather to their twins, Knox and Vivienne, born in 2002.

"We thought it would be wonderful to have someone who shares our values and desire to make a difference," the actor once said of the decision.

For decades Mariska has been close friends with her Law & Order co-star Christopher Meloni, to the point where Christopher and his wife Sherman Williams asked Mariska to be their daughter's godmother.

Sophia was born in 2001 and her birth, and the relationship between Christopher and Sherman, "played a really big role" in helping Mariska.

"It made me feel even safer with him, as opposed to: 'Great guy—but single.' Or 'Great guy — except for his romantic life.' Instead, he's this man who is as solid as a rock, and who is that rock in his relationship," she said.

"And I got to lean on it when I needed to. It was like family."

Courtney Love became close friends with Drew Barrymore, and made the decision to ask Drew to be her daughter's godmother.

Frances Bean Cobain was born in 1992, and her middle name came from the nickname her father Kurt Cobain gave her after he saw the first sonogram photo.

Kurt died in 1994.

Major superstar power. Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow both share a godfather: Oscar winning director Steven Speilberg.

Gwyneth's parents Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner asked the director at their daughter's birth to be her godfather.

For Drew, Steven assumed the role when she was a young teenager after he met her when she was seven on the set of E.T in 1982.

In 2024 Drew called him "the only person in my life to this day that ever was a parental figure," and shared that at one point she asked him to be her father.

He declined and later became her godfather.

At the time of filming E.T. Drew's father was abusive, and she was in the early stages of her alcohol and drug abuse. 

Drew would stay with Steven and his family on weekends, as well as take her to Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm.

Eva has been friends with Victoria for decades, and was given the honor of being godmother to their youngest two children, Cruz and Harper.

Eva was in attendance for their baptism, and for Harper in particular, Eva has taken a keen interest in helping to raise her, even being there for her first steps.

Elton and his husband David Furnish were asked to be Brooklyn and Romeo's godparents, after being friends with the pair for years; Elton famously made a cameo in the 1997 Spice World movie.

The families have vacationed together over the years, but Elton was forced to miss Brooklyn's 2022 wedding to Nicola Peltz because his tour was scheduled to stop in Kentucky.

But in 2025, Elton who tagged the pair on a social media post for their anniversary, writing: "Happy Anniversary to the sweetest, most loving couple."

"I've loved her through the years and watched her grow up, and I've seen how smart she is and how talented she is," Dolly once said of her goddaughter Miley.

"If she needs my opinion on something I will surely give it [but] I would never dream of calling her and saying, 'Well why are you doing this?' or, 'You shouldn't do this or that…' She's just trying to find her own place and wings and learn to fly."

Dame Joan has been friends with Cara's parents, Pandora and Charles, for decades, and so it made sense for the pair to ask the actress to be their youngest daughter's godmother.

"Cara was an amazing child. Her favorite expression was 'mine'. That's the youngest of three: 'Mine, mine' ... [She] loved dancing to the Spice Girls, showing off the nicest routines," Joan once said of watching Cara's early years.

Showbiz is Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal's middle name – their mom is a writer, and their dad is a director – so of course their godmother is Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee.

Jake and Jamie actually lived together during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Jake shared that Jamie's love gives him "strength and gives me love at times [that] I’ve definitely needed it, and I hope I can be the same for her".

Garrett Hedlund first met Tim McGraw in 2004 when they appeared in the Friday Night Lights movie as father and son, and then again in the 2010 movie Country Strong.

They became incredibly close, to the point that when Emma Roberts was pregnant and Garrett told him the news, Tim said: "I'm the godfather".

"We've remained such close friends and I've seen his children, his daughters, from the time they were one, three and five," the Tron star said, speaking of Gracie, Audrey and Maggie.

"He's the best. After around 12 weeks of Emma being pregnant, I called him, and the first thing he said was, 'I'm the godfather.' So, how can you argue?"

"She's a great role model," Elton revealed of his friend Gaga, explaining why he asked her to be godmother to his sons, Zachary and Elijah.

"She's been a great godmother to Zachary. She came to bathe him in Las Vegas. She was already dressed to go to the show, and she was sitting there and she bathed him, and she was, like, dressed like Audrey Hepburn, and she fed him. 

"We're all bonkers in this business, but we're human beings at the same time."