When North West was born on June 15, 2013 to rapper Kanye West and TV personality Kim Kardashian, it was clear that her name was an intentional joke. But nickname Nori , Norse for north as well as Japanese for seaweed, makes it more of a proper name. It’s Nori that’s taken off as a girls’ name, entering the Top 1000 for the only time ever in 2022 and given last year to more than 250 baby girls in the US, while gender-neutral name North was used for only eight girls and seven boys.
