Gigi Hadid timidly revealed her daughter’s name to Zayn Malik a few weeks ago with an update to the Instagram bio that said ‘Khai’s mother’, after months of anticipation.
On Thursday, a Twitter post went viral after the 25-year-old supermodel called the baby ‘Khaiba’, as fans were quick to guess it was her son’s full name, before Hadid shared that it was just a nickname.
The nickname means ‘surprise’ in Arabic, as she also previously revealed in an interview with Vogue that her Dutch and Arab heritage has influenced many of her surnames.
Baby Khai: Gigi Hadid, 25, revealed her daughter Khai’s name by updating her Instagram bio a few weeks ago, as well as revealing on Thursday that she had given her the nickname ‘Khaiba’, which means ‘surprise’ in Arabic
Pet names: the supermodel shared that Khaiba was one of many names influenced by her Dutch and Arab heritage
A fan account posted a comment from Hadid that said ‘I love you, it hurts. Khaiba is lucky to have an aunt like you. ‘
When it was claimed by eagle-eyed fans that it was the baby’s full name, Hadid replied ‘lol no, it’s just a nickname.’
In addition, she shared with Vogue that her parents Yolanda and Mohamed Hadid received their own nicknames, with their mother being ‘Oma’, meaning grandmother in Dutch, and her father being ‘Jido’ – the Arabic name for grandpa.
In addition, Malik’s mother, Tricia, will be known as ‘Nini’, which is a variation of Nana, and her father will be Abu, who is Urdu to reflect his Pakistani roots.
Multicultural: the nicknames given to their grandparents reflect their origins, with Hadid being Dutch and Arabic and Malik being British and Pakistani
Corresponding ink: parents who have been active since 2015 have Khai’s name tattooed on their arms
Sweet surprise: the nickname seemed to be a nod to the unexpected pregnancy, since she was publicly with Zayn at the time
The meaning behind the nickname Khaiba seemed to be a reflection of the seemingly unexpected pregnancy, and she was in and out of One Direction’s boybander at the time.
She welcomed Khai – meaning the chosen one in Arabic – by giving birth at home in September, keeping the intimate moments of the pregnancy largely hidden.
Gigi and Zayn wrote their daughter’s name in their arms in Arabic, with Hadid revealing the tattoo this week.
Oma: Yolanda’s Dutch roots inspired her name, as she will refer to Oma
Jido: Your father, a real estate tycoon, received the nickname Jido, which means grandpa in Arabic
In her terms: she avoided revealing her daughter’s name, only shyly revealing it in her Instagram bio a few weeks ago
Highly private when it comes to her son, Hadid avoided sharing the baby’s name for a while until she updated her Instagram bio.
She spoke to Vogue about the process of having a home birth so that Khai had ‘a peaceful life’, having her family and a midwife present while she shared, ‘I had to dig deep’.
‘I knew it would be the craziest pain in my life, but you have to surrender to it and be like,’ That’s what it is. ‘I loved it. ‘
Zayn, her mother Yolanda and sister Bella Hadid were there to support her during the pain, while she called her daughter a ‘bright’ light when she first saw her.
Home birth: she welcomed Khai through home birth in September with Zayn, her mother and sister Bella by her side
Four months: the supermodel recently shared on Twitter that she discovered she was pregnant a few months before fashion week last year
‘There was definitely a point where I stayed, I wonder what it would be like with an epidural, how it would be different. My midwife looked at me and said, ‘You are doing this. Nobody can help you. You have already passed the epidural point anyway, so you would be pushing in exactly the same way on a hospital bed. ‘ ‘
When it was announced that she was pregnant in the spring, she gave details to Jimmy Fallon in an episode of The Tonight Show, saying ‘During this time, it is a good silver lining to be able to be home and together, and really live it day after day. day day.’
She also recently shared that she found out she was pregnant a few months before fashion week last year, as she said she was ‘nauseated’.
‘I learned that I could control if I ate continuously, so my mom would pack me snacks before each show,’ she shared on Twitter.
Mother’s life: She called her daughter ‘brilliant’ when she arrived in this world, saying she opted for a home birth so that Khai could have ‘a peaceful life for the world’