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Rapper Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian are rarely accused of understatement and have given a fittingly grand name to their second child — Saint.<\/p>\n
Two days after announcing the boy’s birth over social media, Kardashian again took to Twitter and announced “SAINT WEST” — along with emoji faces depicting the now four-member family.<\/p>\n
The celebrity couple called their two-year-old daughter North, a play on geography as her surname is West although her given name was also meant to symbolize power.<\/p>\n
While Saint and its derivatives are not unusual as surnames in English and several other languages, it is highly rare as a first name, with the title usually bestowed by religious authorities.<\/p>\n
West — who alongside his music career has been an increasingly active fashion designer — is known to see himself in historic terms and has repeatedly compared himself to Michelangelo.<\/p>\n
Kardashian revealed her pregnancy in late May during a preview for the next season of her reality television show, “Keeping up with the Kardashians.”<\/p>\n
The couple, who were married in May 2014, have struggled to overcome fertility problems — a battle that Kardashian openly discussed on the reality show.<\/p>\n
In April, Time magazine named Kardashian, 35, and West, 38, to its list of the world’s 100 most influential people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rapper Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian are rarely accused of understatement and have given a fittingly grand name to their second child — Saint. Two days after announcing the boy’s birth over social media, Kardashian again took to Twitter and announced “SAINT WEST” — along with emoji faces depicting the now four-member family. The celebrity couple called their two-year-old daughter North, a… <\/p>\n