North West: Great Celebrity Baby Name, Or The Greatest Celebrity Baby Name?

Well, it's (apparently) official: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter is named North West — "Nori" for short — a directionally distinct moniker that instantly puts her in some rather elite company, right up there with the Jermajestys, Bronx Mowglis and Moxie Crimefighters of the world. Yes, we're talking about the craziest celebrity baby names of all time.

And North passes the final test, too: naming the baby after a geographic location/township/borough, usually one the baby's parents would never set foot in. The precedent here, of course, was set by soccer star David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, who, in 1999, named their first son Brooklyn (despite, you know, them being English and all). Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale took that as a challenge, naming both of their sons after locations — Kingston (the capital of Jamaica) and Zuma (the, uh, beach in Malibu). We're not sure how much time KimYe spent in the North, though we suppose we'll learn the reasoning behind the name soon enough.

So welcome to the celebrity baby club, North West. You're already more famous than we are at the moment but we'll come join you really soon, and we're glad you've got an appropriately epic name to match your status.... life's good.