Kylie Jenner’s baby name-stealing beef is a real-life problem
nypost.combaby’s name — in vain. Stealing a trendy baby name that a friend or family member had previously earmarked for their own kid — a practice known as “name-sniping” — is riling up parents, particularly those who choose unique names for their tots.
And while it may seem trivial to outsiders, experts say it’s a serious offense. “It’s pretty egregious,” CEO and founder of BabyNames.com Jennifer Morris, 59, told The Post. “Robbing another person of their kid’s name — regardless of whether the child has already been born, is soon to be delivered or hasn’t even been conceived yet — has ruined so many relationships.”“We’ve seen many families torn apart over [name-sniping], especially when siblings are fighting over a name,” she added. “And so many friendships have been completely destroyed.”Billionaire businesswoman Kylie Jenner, 24, is currently on the business end of a baby-name beef with ex-friend and socialite Tammy Hembrow, 27.Hembrow, an Australian influencer, has accused the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star of nabbing the first name of her 6-year-old son, Wolf, and giving it to her and Travis Scott’s newborn boy. “Kylie had to steal Tammy’s firstborn’s name,” teased a Hembrow supporter on Instagram.
The comment was stamped beneath a picture of the now-pregnant model holding her son’s hand and captioned “My Wolf.” Hembrow’s photo was shared just moments after Jenner announced that she and Scott, 30, had crowned their son with the same honorific.A post shared by Tammy.
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