Kim, Kanye named newborn North West

"There were rumors floating around a few months ago that Kim and Kanye West might give the baby a directional name ... but who thought they would actually go through with it?" it said.
On its website, People magazine posted a copy of the Los Angeles County birth certificate with North's name on it, dated Friday.
It also recalled how Kanye West had once quipped on Jay Leno's late-night US talk show that Easton West would make a good baby name.
The couple might also have been inspired by a 1994 children's book by comedy writer Alan Zweibel about a nine-year-old boy called North who wanders far and wide in a fruitless quest to find worthy parents.
Pending confirmation, and with daddy West releasing his latest album "Yeezus" this week, armchair comedians on Twitter had a field day -- to the point of making North West a trending topic.
"So I'm assuming that North West won't be a One Direction fan?" said one Twitter wag. Another fancied the notion of R&B songstress Alicia Keys having a child named Car.
Chris Plante, editor-at-large at gaming website Polygon.com, tweeted that he would be "scheduling a future playdate for North West with my future son Power Plante."
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