North (given name)
 The name refers to the cardinal direction North. | |
| Gender | Unisex |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Transferred use of the surname; “North, the cardinal direction” |
North is a unisex given name, a transferred use of the English surname meaning "north".
History of usage
North has been in rare, occasional use as a masculine given name in the Anglosphere since the 1800s, usually as a transferred use of a family surname.[1] More attention was given to the name in 2013, when Kanye West and Kim Kardashian gave the name to their daughter, North West, whose first name and last name combine the names for two cardinal directions to form a pun.[2] The given name North is used for both males and females in the United States, but remains more common as a masculine name.[3]
Males
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), English mathematician and philosopher, father of Thomas North Whitehead
- Thomas North Whitehead (1891–1969), English born early human relations theorist and researcher, son of Alfred North Whitehead
Females
- North West (born 2013), American musician, daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
Fiction
- North, the eponymous character of the 1994 American film North
See also
- Northwest Smith, fictional character, and the hero of a series of stories by science fiction writer C. L. Moore
References
- ^ Lowe, Victor (2020). Alfred North Whitehead: The Man and His Work. Johns Hopkins University Press.
- ^ "Kanye West, Kim Kardashian choose baby name North West. Stop laughing". Los Angeles Times. 21 June 2013.
- ^ "Saint is Already a More Popular Baby Name Than North". 7 December 2015.