Kim Kardashian and Kanye West names daughter North West

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have named their baby daughter North West. Sources close to the couple confirmed the decision, which comes five days after Kim welcomed her first child at a hospital in Los Angeles. The revelation ends the intense speculation over the child's name, with other rumoured options said to include Kaidence Donda, in honour of Kanye's late mother. And a source told UsWeekly that the couple have already given their daughter a nickname - she will be 'Nori for short'. They added that the child has no middle name. TMZ witnessed a signed birth certificate with the name North West signed by Kim, 32, and Kanye, 36, at Cedars-Sinai hospital. People magazine confirmed the news with a source close to the Kardashian family. The name North had previously been suggested as a possibility for the child, although many Kardashian fans had dismissed the idea as a joke. And the revelation certainly proved fruitful amongst Twitter users, as North West began trending within minutes. 

It also sparked a slew of jokes from would-be comedians amused by the choice.

Back in March, Kim denied rumours that Kanye wanted to name the baby North.

‘I do like Easton, Easton West,’ she joked on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at the time. Indeed prior to the baby's birth on Saturday it had been expected that the pair would continue the 'K' theme that runs in Kim's family - which is something that Kim has spoken about in the past. While North was to prove her final choice, Kim was said to be very keen on Kaidence, to match her family's fondness of the letter 'K'. The reality star was reported to like the idea of calling the baby Kai for short.And further report claimed the middle name would be Donda, in honour of Kanye's late mother, who died in 2007 due to complications from cosmetic surgery. Meanwhile Kim's close friend Larsa Pippen recently revealed that she had been to visit the baby in the hospital and a decision was nearly made. But she said Kim didn't welcome her suggestions. 'We kind of went back and forth and the name that I wanted, [Kim] didn't love,' she said. While fans had been desperate to know the name of the baby, the child's step uncle Brody Jenner revealed on Thursday that he didn't want to know. 'It's so new, so I'm going to give her some time and then as soon as she's ready, I'll come see her,' he told Ryan Seacrest.

'A NOVELTY NAME!' TWITTER REACTS TO KIMYE'S BABY NAME NORTH WEST

'Kim & Kanye almost named the baby South West, until they heard the infant would then be required to make 3 daily flights to Phoenix.' - Joel McHale

'Sending poor North West my attorney's number. No one should have to go through life with a novelty name, not even a Kardashian.' - Suri's Burn Book

'Sorry North West, but I've never been a fan of One Direction.'

'We heard North West MONTHS ago. It's like an episode of House where it turns out that it actually was Lupus. What a let down.'

'Somewhere Blue Ivy is thinking, "My name isn't as bad now, is it"'

'oh good when kim and kanye’s daughter has her own fragrance it’ll be called “north, by north west”'

'The only way we can fix this and save North West is if we all change our names to North to make her feel perfectly normal.'

'Wait, #Kim and #Kanye named their kid NORTH WEST? This might be better than Blanket.'

'North West? Did Kim give birth to a baby or a compass?'

'whenever you're mad at your mom just remember she didnt name you north west'

'Kim and Kanye would have named their baby South West but that dang airline beat them to it!'

'So Blue Ivy got the stripper name, and North West got the direction to the strip club? Nice, team work.'

'Maybe I'm just getting punk'd.. Ashton.. Where you at? North west is a joke right?'

'Y'all making fun of North West for that baby's name but she going straight to the top.......... and slightly to the left.'

'North West? Way to almost spend a minute thinking of a name.'

'Her siblings "South", "Wild Wild" and "Mae" are coming soon...'

'We need to successfully abolish bullying before North West gets to 4th grade.'

'Kim and Kanye named their baby North West. It's one of the few things in Kim's life that hasn't gone south.'

'Not even Kim & kanye's fortunes combined could pay for the amount of therapy this kid will need for being named North West.'

'Too late to change to "Knorth?"'