Celebrities Who Later Changed Their Children's Names

Naming a baby is quite a serious task, as the moniker will stay with them for the rest of their lives … most of the time. But in some cases, celebrities have decided the name they chose for their newborn didn’t match the child as he or she aged, and decided to switch up their monikers, sometimes months after coming into the world.

Kylie Jenner is the most famous and recent case of baby name regret. She and her boyfriend, Travis Scott, welcomed a son on February 2, 2022, and revealed on February 11 that his name was “Wolf Webster,” in an Instagram Story post shared by the cosmetics mogul.

It turned out the howler of a handle didn’t fit their little boy. “FYI our son’s name isn’t Wolf anymore. We just really didn’t feel like it was him.” Kylie revealed in a March 21 Instagram Story, adding, “Just wanted to share because I keep seeing Wolf everywhere.”

“We really didn’t have a name decided, we thought it was going to come to us when we saw him and it didn’t,” the Kylie Swim founder explained during the September 28, 2022, episode of The Kardashians. “Then, we had to sign the birth certificate, or they would register him without a name or Social Security number. So, I felt the pressure to choose a name. We put Wolf Webster at the time and right after I signed the birth certificate I thought, ‘what did I just do?'” As of early November 2022, Kylie and Travis still hadn’t revealed what they decided to name their then-9-month-old son.

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Actress and comedian Amy Schumer changed the name of her son Gene’s middle name after making it a tribute to her stand-up comedic hero and friend, Dave Attell. The little one, whom she shares with husband Chris Fischer, was born in May 2019, and the Trainwreck star didn’t realize how “Gene Attell” sounded when said together until nearly one year later.

“Our baby’s name is officially changed,” the I Feel Pretty actress revealed during an April 2020 episode of her “3 Girls, 1 Keith” podcast. “It’s now Gene David Fischer. It was Gene Attell Fischer, but we realized that we by accident named our son ‘genital.’” Whoops!

Keep reading for more celebrities who decided to change their children’s names.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott

Nine months after the February 2, 2022, birth of the couple’s son, he still didn’t have a name. While their baby was initially called “Wolf Webster,” the pair decided very quickly that it didn’t quite fit.

“We haven’t officially legally changed the name. His passport’s Wolf, but that isn’t gonna be his name. We’re just waiting,” Kylie shared during a September 2022 appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden. The brunette beauty revealed she had Travis had tentatively selected a new name, but “we’re just not ready to share yet.” Two months after the interview, the moniker still remained a secret.

Elon Musk and Grimes

The billionaire Tesla founder and the Canadian singer named the baby boy they welcomed in May 2020, “X Æ A-12.” Grimed explained via Twitter, “X, the unknown variable. Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence), A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent + (A = Archangel, my favorite song) (metal rat).”

The mouthful of a moniker violated California’s law against numbers and special signs for baby names. Their son’s name is now “X” with the middle name, “A AE-XII,” according to his birth certificate.

Aaron Paul and wife Lauren

When the couple’s son was born in April 2022, they named him “Casper Emerson Paul” on his birth certificate but quickly decided they liked “Ryden Caspian Paul” better. The Breaking Bad alum petitioned to have the boy’s name changed in documents obtained by TMZ in November 2022, even though Aaron and Lauren had been calling their son Ryden on social media since shortly after his birth.

Caterina Scorsone and Rob Giles

When the Grey’s Anatomy star announced the birth of her third child, a daughter, she wrote, “Arwen is here!” revealing the baby’s name. But four months later, she and her husband had a change of heart. Caterina told Instagram followers that their daughter’s name had changed. “We went with what was her middle name. Lucinda. ‘Lucky’ for short,” she told fans in an April 2020 post.

Doug Hehner and Jamie Otis

The Married at First Sight alums narrowly escaped having to do a legal name change when they welcomed their son, initially named Douglas Hayes, in May 2020. “The minute we had our son, the minute he came out, I looked at him [and] I almost called him Hendrix,” Jamie shared in a YouTube video later that month. “That was, like, a top name for him, [but] we named him Hayes before we met him.”
“It’s [now] officially Hendrix. We did the birth certificate, so it’s official,” Doug added.