The Meanings Behind the Kardashian Kids' Names (2024)

North West

Pushing konventions aside, new parents Kim Kardashian and Kanye West went in quite a different direction when they named their first child, born on June 15, 2013, after the cardinal direction. Though they once quashed rumors that they were considering the cheeky moniker, Kim's mom, Kris Jenner, revealed she was "pro North" during an appearance on The View. "North means the highest power," she explained. "[Kim] says that North is their highest point together."

Saint West

As far as the couple's second child was concerned, a friend of theirs told PEOPLE following Saint's birth in December 2015 that Kanye was "going back and forth for a while" before deciding on his name.

"It needed to mean something and he agonized over it, probably even more than Kim," said the pal. "Kanye believes that a name is extremely important and that it's the first sense of identity that we have."

"He believes that people live up to their names, which is why he wanted a name with spiritual significance," the source continued.

At the time, an E! News insider shared that the couple chose Saint because they viewed him as "a blessing," especially considering Kim "had such a difficult pregnancy."

Chicago West

The third of the Kardashian-West children was named Chicago after her parents considered — and then discarded — several family names. "We were gonna name her Jo, 'cause [of] my grandma, Mary Jo. Or we were gonna go with Grace — and then it was Chicago," Kim explained on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "We ended up with Chicago."

However, there was one more family tribute that they considered: Donda. "[Kanye] really wanted his mother's name, and I love that name too, but I just wasn't sure," Kim explained. "It's so much to live up to." Ultimately, the couple settled on the name of West's hometown, as "that is a place that made him, and a place that he remembers his family from."

Psalm West

Grandma Kris Jenner opened up about the story behind the newest family member's unique moniker shortly after the baby boy's birth on May 10, 2019.

"The inspiration was the Book of Psalms in the Bible," Jenner told ET Online of the choice. "I think it's just a wonderful way to celebrate how they feel. And he's such a blessing, so it's perfect."

A source close to West previously confirmed PEOPLE that the name was a reflection on Kanye's recent renewed dedication to his Christian faith.

"Kanye has been going through a spiritual revival lately. Every name has a meaning that is personal between Kanye and Kim and the child," the source said. "Psalm is a good reflection of where Kanye and Kim are spiritually."

"I know that both of them read the Bible regularly now. Kanye loves the Books of Poetry of the Bible: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. He reads them over and over," the source added. "Psalms is the longest book in the Bible, but Kanye believes that there's a lot of wisdom in them."

The word "Psalm" means "song" in Hebrew.

Stormi Webster

Unlike her cousin, Stormi came by her unique name by accident. In an interview for the Evening Standard, mom Kylie Jenner revealed that she and then-boyfriend Travis Scott were considering the sobriquet "Storm" for their daughter. "I really don't know how we thought of Storm. Her dad insisted it was him, but I feel like it was me. And that kind of just stuck with us," she said, adding that she added the "i" because she didn't like "just Storm" for her baby's name.

"I feel like there were a lot of other names that I might have even liked better, to be honest, but I feel like Stormi picked her own name, like, it was just her name," Jenner explained.

Aire Webster

Kylie kept her second baby's name under wraps for nearly an entire year following his arrival. In January 2023, the businesswoman took to Instagram to reveal that she and Travis Scott had gone with the name "Aire."

"Do you think it's pronounced air or airey?" one user commented on the name announcement post (which also showed the 11-month-old's face for the first time). Kylie replied to clarify: "AIR," she wrote, adding a red heart emoji to her comment.

After Kylie revealed her second child's name, a source told PEOPLE that the moniker means "Lion of God."

Initially, the Kylie Cosmetics founder and the rapper named their son Wolf Jacques, though the moniker didn't last too long. In March 2022, Kylie wrote on her Instagram Story that her newborn "isn't Wolf anymore."

"We just really didn't feel like it was him. Just wanted to share because I keep seeing Wolf everywhere," she noted at the time.

True Thompson

"Picking a name for your child is really so tough!" Khloé Kardashian wrote on her app and website about the process of choosing the perfect name for her daughter with then-boyfriend Tristan Thompson. "I knew I wanted my baby to have a 'T' initial, so one night while we were all at dinner, thinking of some names, my grandma MJ suggested True."

It turns out that the unconventional name is actually a family tradition: "She told me it was my great-grandfather's first name and my grandfather's middle name. It stuck with me for my entire pregnancy and was the only one I couldn't get out of my head," Khloé explained.

Tatum Thompson

The second time around wasn't any easier for Khlóe, as she waited nearly a year to reveal the name of her son, Tatum.

Between Tatum's birth in July 2022 and his name announcement in May 2023, the mom of two only shared one hint about the baby's hidden moniker: his first initial. During an April appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, the third Kardashian sister confirmed that her daughter True and her little brother both have names that begin with the letter T.

The super secret name was later revealed in the season 3 premiere of The Kardashians on Hulu. She mentioned Tatum — whom she also shares with Thompson — by name while speaking to James Corden at an event for Kendall's 818 Tequila brand.

"Naming a human is really hard," Khlóe admitted during the scene, echoing her previous statement.

Mason Dash Disick

Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian went with what they loved when naming their kids.

"The first time I started looking at baby names, Mason was the only one I liked," Kardashian told Life & Style (via MTV News) in 2010 of naming her first son. "It was the only one that stuck with me. Right before he was born, I told my aunt we were thinking about going with that for a name. She told me that Mason means the same thing in English that Kardashian means in Armenian — stone worker."

Mason's middle name has extra-special meaning: it was her late father Robert Kardashian's nickname.

Penelope Scotland Disick

Kris Jenner told E! News that the meaning behind Penelope's name was simple: her parents Scott and Kourtney just liked it.

Her middle name Scotland was suggested by the family's name guru, grandma MJ, and it stuck.

In an 2019 interview with Vogue, Kourtney shared that she named her lifestyle website, Poosh, after her only daughter.

Reign Aston Disick

Following Mason and Penelope, Kourtney and Scott chose a slightly less typical moniker for their third child. Kardashian told PEOPLE she'd been waiting a long time to use the name Reign — it was even on her list the first and second times around (though would've been Rain for a girl). She wasn't sure until she met her baby boy in 2014 that the regal name was the one, and now, "I love it!" she said.

Dream Kardashian

Rob Kardashian and former fiancée Blac Chyna's daughter, whom they welcomed in 2016, is actually a "Dream." "Rob and Chyna had the name Dream for a long time," a source told PEOPLE. "They named her Dream because they've always said she's a dream come true."