Kim Kardashian Revealed How They Came Up With North’s Name—And It’s So Funny
North West, the oldest child of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, is already six years old (time, how it flies!), and we’re just now learning the origin story of her unique name. Off-the-beaten-path names for celebrity kids were nothing new in 2013, when North was born, but her moniker certainly drove a lot of online conversation, considering the massive fame of her two parents. She was later joined by equally interestingly named siblings: Saint, Chicago, and Psalm.
This week Kardashian West revealed the unexpected person who first gave her the idea to call her daughter North. “I actually got it from Jay Leno, who made that as a joke,” she said in a new YouTube makeup tutorial with her sister Kylie Jenner. “I was like, ‘No way, I would never name my daughter that.’ Like, I said that on his show.
“Everyone was coming up to me like, ‘It’s such a cool name. You should really think about it,’” she continued, noting that it took four or five days to land on North.
Back in 2013, Kris Jenner (aka Lovey) attempted to explain her granddaughter’s name on The View. “I love the name North. I’m pro-North, absolutely,” she said. ”The way she [Kim] explained it to me was North means ‘highest power,’ and she says that North is [Kim and Kanye’s] highest point together. And I thought that was really sweet.”
Kardashian West gave a little insight into how her other children’s names came to be, as well. “Kanye came up with Saint,” she said. “Chicago took me, like, two weeks. And Psalm, you named him,” she says to Jenner, who added, “Well, you thought of it. I vouched for it.”
No matter what you thought about her name at the time, North West really does seem like a North, doesn’t she?
Originally Appeared on Glamour
