Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting their third baby any day now, with their surrogate due to give birth to a baby girl before Christmas. After they chose unusual names for their eldest daughter North and her younger brother Saint, people are already speculating over the name of their new addition, but one name seems particularly likely: Noel.
Yes, you might think that โNoelโ, as in โNoelโs House Partyโ, or Noel Gallagher, is a boyโs name, but thatโs not stopped โedgyโ A-list types from choosing names from the opposite gender before (case in point: Blake Livelyโs eldest daughter, who is called James), so weโre sticking to our theory that the Kardashian-Westโs wonโt opt for the female version, โNoelleโ.

Kimโs mum Kris, once explained that North is named after the โNorth starโ that guided the Wisemen to Bethlehem.
Why? Well, Kimโs middle name is Noel, and itโs also got obvious ties to the Christmas period, which is fitting considering their little girlโs birthday. It also follows the โNโ name theme already seen with Northโs name, Kimโs middle name and also Kendallโs middle name: her full name is Kendall Nicole Jenner, after Kris Jennerโs close friend Nicole Brown Simpson, and we know the Kardashianโs love a name theme. It also has similarities to North and Saint in its festive nature; grandma Kris once explained to Ellen DeGeneres that North was like โthe North starโ, aka the one that guided the Wisemen to Bethlehem.
Which actually leads to another, outside choice for their newbornโs name: Star. Apparently, the parents-to-be have been speaking to a parenting expert to find ways of limiting Northโs inevitable jealousy over the arrival of yet another sibling (she apparently didnโt take well to Saint at first), with one suggesting that they let her be involved with choosing the name โ something Kanye is apparently on board with.
โKim and Kanye are very concerned about how North is going to react to the new baby. Itโs especially challenging because theyโre using a surrogate so they canโt even really prepare her. Kim has called on a parenting expert to get advice on what to do to avoid sibling rivalry this time around and one of the suggestions was to let North help name the baby so she feels more invested,โ a source told Hollywood Life.
โTheyโre considering it, Kimโs kind of on the fence about the idea but Kanye loves it. He thinks North is a creative genius and heโs happy to let her name their third child.โ
And Northโs apparent go-to name? Star. Speaking to Bustle, Kim revealed that her daughter chooses it for everything, saying: โShe has a toy, a llama. She named it Star West. She names everything Star West.โ
Well, it is Christmassyโฆ and Saint begins with โSโ, tooโฆ
This article first appeared on Grazia UK.