Khloe Kardashian, Gwyneth Paltrow and More Who Gave Kids Unique Names

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Why Khloe Kardashian Hasn't Revealed Her Son's Name

What's successful a name? An atrocious lot, if you're a personage parent. 

Kim Kardashian, conscionable 1 of the stars who famously gave her kids unsocial names, has admitted to feeling the vigor erstwhile it came to choosing legendary monikers for her and Kanye West's 4 children: North West, 9, Saint West, 7, Chicago West, 5, and Psalm West, 3.

"When I had a surrogate, I recovered that clip would alert by faster, and I wouldn't consciousness the unit of coming up with the name," she said connected Live with Kelly and Ryan last year. "So, I would accidental naming my past 2 was decidedly harder with the unit of letting clip spell by."

And portion she did erstwhile see "just naming" her youngest son Rob in grant of her member Rob Kardashian, Kim felt the request to go above and beyond. "But past it's North, Saint, Chicago, Rob," she explained to Jimmy Kimmel in 2019. "It doesn't truly go."

Kim ended up turning to meaningful nouns that you wouldn't find connected a database of astir fashionable babe names, a strategy that was besides adopted by Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, who made headlines successful 2004 for naming their daughter Apple

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Why did they opt for that saccharine choice? "Her dada came up with the sanction and I fell successful emotion with it," Gwyneth confessed past year. "I thought it was archetypal and cool. I can't ideate her being called thing else."

The Goop laminitis and Coldplay singer, who consciously uncoupled successful 2014, gave their younger kid different uncommon sanction that's adjacent more biblical—Moses—which fans speculate was inspired by Coldplay's 2003 opus of the aforesaid name. 

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As for Kim's sister Khloe Kardashian, she went for a wholesome adjective to execute alliteration successful her daughter's name. The Good American mogul and NBA subordinate Tristan Thompson welcomed girl True Thompson successful 2018, earlier going connected to person a son via surrogate successful 2022.

Though the babe boy's sanction hasn't been revealed, you tin remainder assured it fits perfectly with True's: Khloe confirmed connected The Jennifer Hudson Show successful April 2023 that her son's name "will commencement with a T" arsenic well.

Before she unveils the afloat moniker, support speechmaking to spot much celebs who chose unique names for their kids. 

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Apple Martin

As Gwyneth Paltrow explained to Oprah Winfrey, her daughter's unforgettable sanction was really picked by her celebrated dad, Chris Martin.

"When we were archetypal pregnant, her daddy said, 'If it's a miss I deliberation her sanction should beryllium Apple'...It sounded truthful sweet, and it conjured specified a beauteous representation for me, you know. Apples are truthful saccharine and they're wholesome, and it's biblical."

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Exa Dark Sideræl Musk

Singer Grimes said in an interview with Vanity Fair, published successful March 2022, that she and Elon Musk privately welcomed a babe miss precocious via surrogacy.

"Exa is simply a notation to the supercomputing word exaFLOPS (the quality to execute 1 quintillion floating-point operations per second)," she said. "Dark, meanwhile, is ‘the unknown. People fearfulness it but genuinely it's the lack of photons. Dark substance is the beauteous enigma of our universe.'"

Sideræl—pronounced "sigh-deer-ee-el," is "the existent clip of the universe, prima time, heavy abstraction time, not our comparative world time," and a motion to her favourite Lord of the Rings character, Galadriel, who "chooses to abdicate the ring."

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X Æ A-Xii Musk

Elon Musk introduced his and Grimes' babe boy X Æ A-12 to the satellite connected Twitter successful May 2020. They aboriginal somewhat modified the spelling of their child's sanction successful bid to conscionable California's ineligible guidelines, which lone licence letters from the English alphabet. Switching implicit to roman numerals, the parents agreed to spell his name, X Æ A-Xii.

"X, the chartless variable," Grimes explained connected Twitter. "Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence) A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favourite aircraft). No weapons, nary defenses, conscionable speed. Great successful battle, but non-violent."

Grimes continued, "A=Archangel, my favourite song" with an accompanying a rat and sword emoji. "Metal rat."

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Kulture Kiari Cephus

Cardi B and Offset welcomed their girl successful 2018. 

When asked wherever the inspiration for their babe girl's sanction came from, "Bodak Yellow" rapper said, "Kulture [heart emojis] thing other woulda been basal Okrrrrr." As for her mediate name, Kiari is really the Migos rapper's archetypal name. 

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True Thompson

Khloe Kardashian welcomed her girl with Tristan Thompson successful 2018, and welcomed a babe lad via surrogate successful 2022, whose confidential name also starts with a T.

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Atlas Noa

Shay Mitchell and longtime spouse Matte Babel welcomed their archetypal kid successful November of past year, and revealed the saccharine girl's worldly name, too. "In my 32 years of beingness I thought I had seen a batch of places, experienced a batch of things, met a batch of radical and felt love...then came you," the Pretty Little Liars prima expressed successful her Instagram. "Truth is I had nary thought I was susceptible of loving thing similar this earlier you arrived."

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Esmeralda Amada

In 2014, Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling introduced the satellite to Esmeralda Amada. In an interrogation with The Violet Files, the Hitch star shared that the couple's archetypal daughter's name carries a sentimental meaning. "Ryan and I some emotion the Esmeralda quality from the Victor Hugo novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and we conscionable deliberation it's a beauteous name," she said. "Amada was my grandmother's name. It means 'beloved' successful Spanish." Mendes and Gosling utilized the moniker erstwhile again erstwhile naming their 2nd daughter Amada Lee Gosling, who they welcomed successful 2016. 

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Raddix Madden

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden's small miss has a beauteous chill name, and Diaz took to Instagram to denote welcoming the babe into the world, adding, "She is truly really cute. Some would adjacent accidental RAD."

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Elsie Otter Pechenik

Zooey Deschanel and ex-husband Jacob Pechenik revealed their daughter's sanction is Elsie Otter because the furry critters are "really sweet, they're besides smart, they usage tools to support their favourite tools, [and] they clasp hands portion they sleep."

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Stormi Webster

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott gave their babe miss the now-famous name back successful 2018. As for wherever the inspiration for Stormi's sanction came from, the Kylie Cosmetics laminitis shared, "When I was pregnant, I utilized to telephone her 'Stormie'—when I would speech to her successful my belly. It conscionable ever felt right." She besides revealed that she was besides acceptable connected the sanction Rose. 

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Ocean King

Inspired by their faith, Alexa PenaVega and Carlos PenaVega named their archetypal kid Ocean King, 3. Providing much discourse for fans, the Spy Kids star said, "God called the adust crushed 'land' and the h2o the 'seas'. And God saw that it was good.- That is wherefore we went with Ocean. And helium is simply a lad of the 1 existent 'King'. For america it has a beauteous biblical meaning." The mates are besides parents to Kingston James, who they welcomed successful 2019. 

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Malti Marie Chopra Jonas

In January 2022, Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra announced they welcomed their archetypal child. E! News aboriginal confirmed they are the parents of a a babe girl, calved by surrogate connected Jan. 15 successful San Diego.

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Slash Electric

Amber Rose loved the sanction she gave her and Alexander "AE" Edwards' son truthful much, she decided to get it inked connected her forehead. She besides had her and Wiz Khalifa's son Sebastian's sanction tattooed

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Kenzo Kash

Kevin Hart's baby boy's sanction means "strong and healthy." The Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle prima is besides dada to Heaven, 15, and Hendrix, 12. 

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Mia Mejia

Bachelor alums Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici became parents to babe Mia backmost successful December 2019. They're besides parents to sons Samuel Thomas, 3, and Isaiah Hendrix, 2. 

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Gideon Scott

When it came to naming twins Gideon Scott and Harper Grace, Neil Patrick Harris said that helium and husband David Burtka wanted thing versatile, noting that the sanction "Gideon" could beryllium "a idiosyncratic oregon a guitar subordinate successful a band." 

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Canon Wardell Jack

For Steph Curry and Ayesha Curry's 3rd child, the moniker means "officiant of the church" and "young wolf." The mates besides stock daughters Riley Elizabeth, 7, and Ryan Carson, 4. 

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Lazer Lee Louis Pentz

DJ Diplo decided to sanction his second son aft his physics creation euphony trio, Major Lazer

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Blaze Tucker

Kandi Burruss became a ma for the 3rd clip backmost successful November 2019, introducing the satellite to babe Blaze. She is besides ma to son Ace, 4, and daughter Riley, 17. 

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Apollo Joosung Armstrong

Greta Lee and husband Russ Armstrong welcomed Apollo back successful 2017. The mates is besides parents to 13-month-old lad Raphael

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Psalm West

Unique names person go a Kim Kardashian and Kanye West staple arsenic evidenced by their children's monikers: North WestSaint WestChicago West and Psalm West

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Exton Elias Downey

The newest Avenger is...Exton! Not really, but it sounds similar a chill sanction don't you think? Robert Downey Jr. and woman Susan Downey definite liked it, since that is what they named their newborn.

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Luna Simone

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen became parents to Luna Simone backmost successful 2016. During a visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Cravings author revealed that the name was inspired by a humor satellite that had occurred close earlier her birth. "There was a humor satellite happening, and it was truly a beauteous night," she recalled. "There was a truly big, vivid reddish moon. It was conscionable gorgeous." Legend and Teigen welcomed son Miles Theodore successful 2018. 

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Andara Rose

Would immoderate different sanction odor arsenic sweet? Bachelor Nation's Krystal Nielson and boyfriend Miles Bowles introduced their small miss to the satellite connected March 31. Five days later, she announced the name: It's official!!! Glitter babe has a name!!!! Introducing our beauteous angel, Andara Rose Bowles."

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Tiana Gia

Dwayne Johnson and wife Lauren Hashian's youngest daughter's moniker seems to beryllium inspired by Princess Tiana from Disney's Princess and the Frog. They're besides parents to girl Jasmine, 4, which could beryllium a notation to Aladdin's Princess Jasmine. 

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York Banks Asla

Tyra Banks and her boyfriend Erik Asla welcomed babe York Banks Asia via surrogate backmost successful 2016. 

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Royalty Brown

Chris Brown's small miss has a sanction acceptable for a queen. The "Forever" vocalist is besides dada to Aeko Catori, who helium shares with Ammika Harris

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Story Grey

There indispensable beryllium a good story behind Derek Jeter and Hannah Davis' daughter's name. The mates is besides parents to daughter Bella Raine, 2.

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Vittorio Genghis Stevens & Lozen Orianna Judith Stevens

Hope Solo and Jerramy Stevens had doubly the joyousness erstwhile they welcomed their twins into the world.

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Blue Ivy Carter

Beyoncé and Jay-Z unforgettably named their firstborn kid Blue Ivy, followed by arsenic standout names for their twins, Rumi and Sir

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