KHLOE Kardashian’s fans have come up with a nickname for her baby son.
The Hulu star’s name choice, Tatum Robert, was exclusively revealed by The U.S. Sun yesterday.
On Reddit, fans praised the baby boy’s name and theorized a future nickname for him from Khloe, 38, and her famous family.
One person wrote: “All I can think of is Aidan in SATC saying ‘This is the man Tate, I call him Tater coz he kind of looks like one lmao.”
Another person responded with a nickname prediction: “Tatum Thompson. I feel like kids will turn it into tater tot as a nickname.”
“The way I would only ever call him tater tot,” a third fan wrote.
A fourth added: “The name Tatum has always reminded me of tater tots. Idk if that’s just me or…”
In a separate comment, one person also praised: “This could be the best Kardashian baby name yet.”
Khloe shares Tatum with on-again, off-again beau Tristan Thompson. The baby boy was born via surrogate in July last year.
The Good American founder admitted last month that – like her firstborn daughter True – she had decided to give her son a name beginning with T.
NAME DRAMA
According to an insider, Khloe’s choice of Tatum Robert came in place of making Robert his first name as her mother Kris, 68, wanted.
A source told The U.S. Sun that Khloe resisted nudges from her family, especially her mom, to give the first name of Robert to the baby after Khloe’s late father Robert Kardashian and brother Rob.
Instead, she decided to use Robert as the boy’s second name in honor of her lawyer dad, who pᴀssed away almost 20 years ago in September 2003, and her beloved younger brother.
The insider said: “There was talk about whether it should be Tatum Robert or should it be Robert Tatum.
“Some in the family were leaning more towards Robert, because it honors her dad and her brother. Kris in particular was keen for the baby to be called Robert and was steering Khloe towards that.”
They added: “It took Khloe a little while to settle on the name but ultimately she went with Tatum Robert, which is in keeping with Tristan and True’s names starting with a T.
“Khloe wanted a name that was kind of unusual but not too out there and also keeping with the T theme.”
MOM FAIL
Kris accidentally hinted at Tatum’s name months before its reveal.
In the debut episode from the second season of The Kardashians, Khloe’s momager recommended: “The biggest thing that you need to think about now is a name.
While the two were in the hospital, Khloe replied: “It is going to start with a T. I mean, that’s only the names I’ve been looking at.”
Kris picked off a list of names from her phone: “Tyler, Tucker, Tatum.”
She also jokingly referenced Kylie Jenner’s ex-partner Travis Scott and Kourtney Kardashian’s husband Travis Barker, and added: “We could name him Travis and then just have an easy three.”