Cookie banner

This site uses cookies. Select "Block all non-essential cookies" to only allow cookies necessary to display content and enable core site features. Select "Accept all cookies" to also personalize your experience on the site with ads and partner content tailored to your interests, and to allow us to measure the effectiveness of our service.

To learn more, review our Cookie Policy, Privacy Notice and Terms of Use.

or
clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Crucial Update

Kim Kardashian Gave Her Son a Holy Name

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images

Racked is no longer publishing. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. The archives will remain available here; for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.

In what is possibly the most on-brand move in human history, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have finally given their three-day-old son a name. It's Saint. As in, a now-deceased holy human being, who's been canonized. Welcome to the Church of Yeezus, baby Saint!

Equally on-brand, Kim announced the name via her website, even using emoji to represent the four member family. Though there's no middle name yet (sources say it's Robert, after Kim's father, but these rumors have yet to be confirmed), we do know Saint was born at 8 pounds and one ounce on December 5th.

Because it's 2015, someone already took it upon themselves to check if the username @SaintWest was already taken on Twitter. Turns out, it has.

No word on if the Wests will attempt to buy the handle back from the rapper, who evidently hasn't tweeted since 2011. Kim did, however also announce the name on Twitter: