- Kylie Jenner announced that her daughter's name is Stormi Webster.
- No one saw it coming.
- Many people theorized that her daughter would be named something related to a butterfly, like Mariposa, Chrysalis, or Monarch because butterflies have been a motif in her relationship with Travis Scott.
- Some people are theorizing that Stormi is actually connected to butterflies because of the butterfly effect, which is an expression for "a cumulatively large effect that a very small natural force may produce over a period of time."
- One fan tweeted that the name choice must have come from the idea that "a butterfly can flap its wings and cause a hurricane… Kylie & Travis are the butterfly… They flapped their wings and Stormi is the hurricane."
Ever since Kylie Jenner, 20, announced that her daughter's name is Stormi Webster, fans have been trying to figure out why Kylie chose that specific name. The name doesn't follow Kris Jenner's"K" name tradition, and Stormi is definitely a unique name no one was expecting. Well, fans have discovered Kylie and Travis Scott, 25, could have gotten inspiration from the butterfly effect, which is defined as "a cumulatively large effect that a very small natural force may produce over a period of time." One fan tweeted that the name choice must have come from the idea that "a butterfly can flap its wings and cause a hurricane… Kylie & Travis are the butterfly… They flapped their wings and Stormi is the hurricane." Honestly, this makes so much sense! Check out more fan tweets below.
Before revealing Stormi's name, Kylie had fans thinking about other potential names connected to butterflies. One popular theory was the name Mariposa, since Kylie just released a special edition of her "Posie K" lip kit color. Mariposa is also a type of butterfly. Fans also had butterfly theories revolving around the names Chrysalis and Monarch. But Kylie stumped us all!
HollywoodLife.com learned EXCLUSIVELY why Kylie and Travis decided to forgo the Kardashian-Jenner name tradition and go for something totally different. A source close to the new mom revealed that since both Kourtney Kardashian, 38, Kim Kardashian, 37, and Rob Kardashian, 30, didn't follow the tradition with naming their kids, she wasn't going to either. She wanted to choose a name that allowed her baby girl to "be different" when she got older. Kylie and Travis certainly chose a name that will stand out!
ok i didnt like the name stormi but then i saw the thing about how the butterfly effect causes a storm and wow that actually makes sense
— maya luckett (@mayanluck) February 7, 2018
You know the saying that sometimes a butterflies wings fluttering can cause a hurricane halfway around the world? Well hurricanes are stormi so that explains all the butterfly tattoos, the nursery, lip kit and song. BOOM MIND FRICKIN BLOWN. @KylieJenner#stormi#butterflyeffect
— Sophie Ryznar (@sophryznar) February 7, 2018
I see you Kylie. Flapping wings resulting in a later STORM(i) = the BUTTERFLY effect. Y'all we didn't sleuth hard enough.
— Elizabeth (@ElizabethP315) February 7, 2018
Kylie's baby might not be named after a butterfly but what if she's named after the Butterfly Effect?
— Hailey Carl (@haileycarl) February 7, 2018
"The Butterfly Effect: This effect grants the power to cause a hurricane in China to a butterfly flapping its wings in New Mexico." Butterfly. Hurricane. Storm. Stormi.
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