Before the Kimye Kardashian-Wests dropped SAINT WEST on the world, there was a lot of speculation about whether either Kim or Kanye would choose to honor one of their late parents with the name. Sources told People Magazine that Kim was considering “Robert” (for her late father) as the middle name, and I think a lot of us are surprised that Kanye hasn’t chosen to use any variation of “Donda” (the name of his much-beloved mother) for his kids’ names. Even when Kim and Kanye announced Saint West’s name on Monday, I still held out hope that Lil’ Saint might have a normal-ish middle name. Not so much.
No need to wait on monogrammed baby gifts, dolls: The mystery of Saint West’s middle name has been solved!
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s little boy actually doesn’t have a middle name, a family source tells E! News. So just like big sister North West, Saint has only a first and last name.
Both mom and baby, who was are home now. Kim undoubtedly has her hands full now as a mother of two, but a source tells E! News she’s “recovering and doing well” with Kanye by her side.
I don’t have a middle name either, so I can only speak to my experiences as a singularly named person. I don’t really miss having a middle name because I never knew what it was like. Plus, my parents had a million nicknames for me (half of them variations on Indian words), so it never felt like I was missing out. Do I think it’s slightly odd that both North and Saint lack middle names? A little bit. A middle name, to me, is like a free pass. You can have fun, you can get creative, or you can honor someone who meant a lot to you.
I actually think something else is at play here, with Lil’ Saint’s name: I think this is Kanye, not Kim. If Kim had her way, she would K-name the crap out of her children. She would have named him Keaston Krobert West. No, Saint West is all Kanye. I see his fingerprints all over it. He wanted something simple and “clean” and easy to “brand.” It’s the “designer” in him – he wanted something that would look cool visually. Saint West sounds like a store, or a shoe line, or the cheap-o H&M version of Yves Saint Laurent. That’s Kanye, not Kim.
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I’m just glad she finally had the baby. Homegirl seemed to have the most miserable pregnancy of LIFE.
She brought that on herself. She could have rested more, dresses casually…..and I don’t believe her “complications”. She lies about everything.
I tend to agree. Nothing that comes out of either of them seems or sounds genuine. She has jacked her face up so badly that she’s beginning to take on the features of a black woman. Excuse me…African American. NOT nearly as pretty as she used to be. Now she looks plastic…and the stark slicked back hair parted in the middle just makes her look like a pin-head.
Her mouth is what troubles me the most. LEAVE YOUR FACE AND LIPS ALONE.
Saint and North.
Speechless.
I think my list of names was better than ending up with Saint, damn you Kanye for not looking into gossip sites for inspiration.
I’m 100% sure that Kanye wanted Saint Bey West but Saint Kim Cersei said no. Also I feel that Saint is going to pull a Katie Holmes & escape the Kardashians when he’s 18 & change his name to Bob.
Wonder if they will pronounce the baby’s name in French, as Yves “San” Laurent. Little San West sounds kind of boyish. call him Sanny for cuteness!
Whenever I see Kim’s hair like that, I remember my mom’s bitchy friend staring at me and saying: “It takes very strong…strong features to pull off a center part, Sara. Just…don’t.”
Woooow, lol.
That’s a lot of bitchy directed to a child.
Blunt, but in regards to Kim K (I’m sure you have lovely features Sara) not far off. Kim looks 10000000000x prettier with a side part, even with her 2015 face. She has a long face, and the center part makes it look longer
Not directed at the child, directed at the parents.
Her hair looks like a lego man hair cap.
Lol, Frida– It does look like Lego hair!
Wow, just remember when I was a young kid and considering moving my center part to the side. It seemed SO risque. lol
Spot on. Their children are being branded from the start.
It has been said before, but I hope both children turn their backs on the superficial, selfish ways of their parents and extended family.
We used to hope that for the Jenner girls, too. The pull of egotism and opulence is hard to walk away from. It isn’t even about privilege with these people anymore. It’s so much worse than that.
It’s just too much of an easy existence, apparently.
Rob kind of has, but unfortunately instead of going further with it and getting a normal job and living modestly, he continues to mooch so he can live the lifestyle.
It will never happen. Never. Look at Paris Hilton. Her douchebag brother. Jaden and . Willow Smith. Tori Spelling. Peaches. Ooo…the list is huge.
The only one..THE ONLY ONE that has been out of trouble, that has had the shittiest childhood, that I have respect for, is Frances Cobain.
I come from a country where middle names aren’t all that common. I mean, at least in my area. I have a middle name and I’m one of the few. Not really a big deal. I mean, what middle name can follow Saint?
How about Lee?!
Elsewhere has a nice ring as a middle name for Saint.
I feel no attachment to my middle name. I use my maiden name for my middle name now that I’m married. My middle name was just boring.
Yeah, my middle name is Irish and extremely long and hard to pronounce. I don’t find middle names to be necessary. If you have one you like great, if you don’t that’s fine too!
My middle name is my dad’s first name, but that’s a cultural thing. I like having it as its a nice way to remember him (he passed away a few years ago) but see no real reasons for having a middle name if it’s not a family/emotional thing. Often people are just embarrassed by them anyway 🙂
That’s sweet about your father’s name.
I feel the same about my middle name. It’s my mother’s middle name, but she actually went by that name. Now that she’s passed, it’s more meaningful.
Mine is my dad’s middle name, the same middle name his grandfather had and so on up the line. So in a sense it’s meaningful but in practical terms it’s just kind of there. I don’t use it in daily life so most of the time I forget I even have a middle name.
That’s beautiful Snazzy!
Are you Kurdish, Snazzy? I always really liked the Kurdish naming tradition.
No middle name here. No big deal .
I go by my middle name and it’s a total pain in the ass since I’m forever having to explain that yes my name is this but I go by this. At this point I just answer any time I hear either of my names cause half the time people don’t get it and call me my first name.
Milo, OMG yes! Mr. Wren goes by his middle name but when he started grad school they all called him by his first name by default and he was too shy to correct them. So he was known by a different name there, and the first time I met his major professor the guy was like, “So, how’s Bob adjusting to grad student life?” and I blurted out, “Who’s Bob?!” He just stared at me all confused with his eyebrows raised. That was super fun and not awkward at all.
@Milo, I knew my ex-sister-in-law by her first name and I always heard her mom talk about Elaine. Well in grades school because there were so many Annie’s, she decided to go by her middle name. It was confusing at first for me, but she goes by Annie and her mom is the only one who called her Elaine.
Milo- one way to push the point that you use your middle name is to just use the initial for your first name. If they don’t know what the name is, they can’t use it… I’ve seen people do this pretty successfully. Or you could just drop the first name. You actually aren’t stuck forever with your birth name. You can change it legally or in some places, just use the new version consistently. I did that and every legal entity is fine with it. Just get it changed in any records where it is a problem for you because people don’t pay attention.
I also come from the country where middle name is practically non-existent. I mean, I know a few people who have different “christened” name than their official one, but those are not listed in passports or id’s. So I can’t see what’s the big deal, tbh. People can always change their names or use a nickname if they hate their original name so much.
Honestly, I like the names of their children. honestly, when I hear those three-part “classical” names, I think it’s at least slightly tacky. Unless you’re a prince, or Draco Abraxas Malfoy ;), what’s the point? 😉
Giving him the middle name Robert would have been to meaningful and thoughtful for those two jackasses. Not their style.
Exactly, why does anyone think that these two would do anything meaningful and thoughtful….they haven’t done anything, even remotely, to show that they have any sensitivity or feelings, other than, look at me world!!! Me, me, me, me, me….the Kardashian/West motto!
They also could have used his mother’s name for North’s middle name. My youngest used my mom’s name (which happens to be a family name – there are many Irene’s – first and middle names in my family including mine) in order to honor her. She also picked out a first name that sounded good with it. While there will probably never be another North or Saint West, middle names help sometimes when sorting out people with like first and last names.
So, the kid’s initials are SW, keeping with the directional theme started with North.
Ha! You’re right! The more I think about the name Saint, the more I hate it.
Me too! Can you imagine being in school and saying your name is “Saint”? WTF. Sometimes when I hear what celebrities name their kids, I just can’t help but shake my head….didn’t Kate Winslet name her kid something like Bear??? On what planet does that seem like a good idea LMAO!??
Bob Geldof’s kids have been telling people, for years, to give kids “normal” names to keep them from being ridiculed in school: Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, and Pixie Geldof.
LOL!
That’s right! Nothing those two do surprises me
Omigosh! You’ve unraveled the mystery! The little guy is actually South West! “Saint West” is a red herring. His nickname will be South. Hope this doesn’t mean Kanye is aiming for a little East West and West West….
I know this is trivial, but I can’t get over the fact that they let North walk around on the street in her ballet shoes. You’re never supposed to do that. (Former dancer here.)
I, too, am just thankful she had the kid. Now may there be no more West/Kardashian pregnancies, amen.
Who is Kanye’s dad, anyway? The speculation about Robert (her dad) got me wondering. I only ever hear his mom mentioned.
Edit: never mind. Google saves the day. It’s Ray West, and he’s still alive.
Nori probably doesn’t do much walking on the street except for deliberate pap strolls. Is the prohibition on wearing the slippers outside for a specific reason? If they get messed up, her parents will just toss and replace. The invisible nanny might even be carrying a replacement. Note how many different tutus the kid has. She might have a closet full of ballet slippers as well as many different leotards and tutus.
How could they….Saint Bob West….they literally would be giving any name they chose sainthood so to speak. The only thing I could understand from their delusional mindset would have been Saint Kanye West. Lord these are such self-serving people, indulgent people. Wonder what color the sky is in their world.
The sky is either black or beige, because they don’t believe in bright colours
That photo of Kanye and North speaks volumes. She is all dressed up for whatever and trying to talk to her dad. He looks angry and uninterested, and the all-black outfit makes him look like the Grim Reaper. What a pill.
He is taking her to her dance class in her camo tutu! Probably of his own design!
I’m still amazed that camo tutus are a thing for toddlers.
He actually looks softer in the pics with her. Less surly.
Who cares? Why is this news?
I agree, who cares. I guess when programming was interrupted for the ‘important news bulletin’ of announcing his name, they saved that for another article! The sheer arrogance of these two is almost laughable. Smh.
Not to defend this idiocy because yeah, that’s what this is, but they really couldn’t give a middle name. Saint is one of those ‘names’ where any name following it would sound like “Raint Blah blah of Blah blah”.
They’re actually lucky to have a last name that couldn’t also work as s first name. Saint West is just clumsy and awkward but Saint Robert West is ridiculous.
Also lol @ Krobert.
KREASTON KROBERT OMG. Hahahaha I almost spit my coffee out. Thanks for the early morning laugh.
It’s their kid. It doesn’t bother me.
Middle names are fun, but I guess they’re not a must. My mom doesn’t have one but says that when she was younger she really wanted one and decided hers should be Patricia because she likes how it sounded lol.
Sidenote: When I ready “Lil Saint” you took me back to that moment in You Got Served when Lil Saint died 😩 Anybody else know that corny movie word for word like I do?
I paid good money to see that movie in the theater…twice. I have a shameless love for dance movies in all their cheesy glory
LOL! Becky, I also have a weakness for cheesy dance movies. So glad I’m not the only one!
I was kind of hoping the middle name would be ‘Bernard”.
I am not sure that Saint could handle a middle name. It would sound like the name of a Catholic hospital or school. Haha
Hands full as “mother of two”. Please, the nannies are the ones with their hands full. Kim could have one child or ten. It would make no difference as she’s not the one doing all the “work”.
I thought the same thing….her hands aren’t full they are being manicured
Of course. This woman and man don’t have to cook, clean, do laundry or anything else. They don’t even have to take care of her own kids. How much easier could she have it? I don’t even want to hear her complaining how much harder motherhood is with two kids now. Please.
Oh, but she will complain, me. She will.
Middle names are helpful in situations.. my first name has Dutch origins, my middle name is French, and my last name is a word. Pronouncing my name was a pain for some people, which I understood, so I used my last or middle name. Hell, I used to go by my middle name to some people because I didn’t want to bother with the questions and the looks.
I would say Saint might be the same, but then I realised he won’t have to deal with the name issues some of us went through. He’ll be going to school with Apple’s’ Saylor’s, Norths alike, he’ll be fine.. nice name for a brand.
I don’t have a middle name. Fine with me.
He can’t really trademark the name Saint West since it’s already trademarked by a filming company in San Diego, so good luck with that.
It’s also the name of a Canadian rapper who just lost his twitter name “Saint West”. Twitter told him he had to change his twitter name to “Saint West____” instead since he hasn’t used his account in 4 years. That’s kind of bullshit if you ask me.
Also, would like to mention there is a Canadian clothing company called “North by North West” that’s been around a long time.
Lord, her face is jacked.
This woman has changed her face so much it now looks like a mask.
She’ll deny it till the end of time.
No Saint Nicholas? Talk about being branded. He would already have a whole lifestyle brand out there.
That moment Kanye remembers Reggie Bush was a star running back during the 2009-10 NFL season with the SAINTs and won Super Bowl XLIV as a SAINT.
My oldest nephew is the only one without a middle name and he hates it because all of the other kids have one and he hates his name. So from the experience I have I don’t agree with the no middle name trend but that’s just me.
Tell him to just add a middle name himself. He can also change his first name. As an adult, he can go through a legal name change if required, but many places just require that you consistently use your new name. Nobody has to be stuck with a name they don’t like.
Khloe’s “pie lie” on TMZ has me laughing so hard. My God. If you’re gonna lie about a damn pie I’m pretty sure you’re lying about that a$$ of yours honey !
But why would Khloe lie about baking pies? She actually knows how to cook and enjoys it. I know she lies about other things, but she’s not a pathological liar like Kim. I wouldn’t expect Khloe to lie about this kind of thing, although she wouldn’t be the first person to quietly pretend bakery goods were made in their own kitchen….
Well there is picture proof, along with the name of the bakery she purchased the pies from. She then tweeted out a bunch of curse words calling people and I’m assuming TMZ petty for noticing she lied about the pies. LOL this is how they act when they get caught. I don’t understand how she thought she could post those pics and then have the nerve to say she made the pies herself. Come on now ! Really that just shows you how much this family lies. Even little things like baking pies is a lie, so imagine the bigger things they lie about? I’m guessing Khloe wants to put out a cook book or baking book or something? Who knows. It’s just funny how stupid this family thinks the public is. Maybe they don’t understand how the internet works?
How is Khloe so busy that she couldn’t just bake the pies herself?
I would love it if both of the kids grow up and decide to eschew their wealth and live simple lives. Maybe do some meaningful work with less fortunate people, and make the world a better place.
I predict that Saint, as payback for that name, will become a gang member and eventually end up in prison.
My parents are the only ones who used my first and middle name together soi consider it a fsmioy name. I put my full name on my diploma so yes,it means somethiing to me.
Ok. Names mean something. You put thought into it. I wish, honestly, people could wait for a month, just to glimpse the childs personality.
My son, the name I wanted to give him, all my friends had boys before me, and used it. I was set on it damn it.
I gave him another. I kept calling him the first pick for 2 months. Lol.
But I also respected his paternal and maternal grandfathers. He has their first names as his middle names. They were so happy! I was glad to do that. And even more so now that they are gone.
Kim and Kenye can do what they want. Im just seeing this childs future as an entitled lil shit, thug wannabe. Its like they are setting him up.
They will have a kids clothing line, Saint Nori..