Even Kim K laughed at North West name on Jay Leno months before finally choosing it

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s bizarre baby name instantly became the subject of jokes around the globe after it was revealed on Thursday.

And it seems even the reality TV star, 32, found the name North West rather humorous when it was first raised in public during an interview with Jay Leno back in March.

Not going for North: Kim Kardashian firmly turned down the idea that her child would be named North West in a March interview with Jay Leno

It’s official: A birth certificate obtained by MailOnline reveals that the little girl will be called North West, with no middle name

Three months before giving birth, Kim laughed at Leno when he brought up rumours Kanye wanted to name the baby North – ‘so he [or she] would be North West.’

Without batting an eyelash, a giggling Kim immediately dismissed the idea and the audience guffawed along with her.

‘That is not one of the names on our list,’ she insisted, before adding: ‘But that I do like Easton West.’

‘It kind of goes with North. I think that’s cute,’ she said with a smile.

Despite her chuckles, North West turned out to be no joke – MailOnline obtained a copy of the birth certificate on Friday, confirming that the couple have settled on the moniker – and no middle name.

There was widespread speculation that Kim would follow her family’s ‘K’ tradition but even back in March she admitted that her baby name list was varied.

‘Some of them are K names and some of them are not,’ she said.

News of the baby’s name comes five days after Kim was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles on June 15, giving birth to her daughter after going into labour five weeks before her due date.

One week later, the pair checked out of the hospital following the premature birth.

And a source told UsWeekly that the couple have already given their daughter a nickname – she will be ‘Nori for short’.

While North was to prove her final choice, Kim was said to be very keen on Kaidence, to match her family’s fondness of the letter ‘K’.

The reality star was reported to like the idea of calling the baby Kai for short.

And further report claimed the middle name would be Donda, in honour of Kanye’s late mother, who died in 2007 due to complications from cosmetic surgery.

Kim’s close friend Larsa Pippen recently revealed that she had been to visit the baby in the hospital and a decision was nearly made.But she said Kim didn’t welcome her suggestions.’We kind of went back and forth and the name that I wanted, [Kim] didn’t love,’ she said.

Kim gave birth to her first child Saturday 15 June.

Mail Online exclusively revealed that the reality star had been admitted to hospital in Beverly Hills the night before.

Kim had taken out a birthing suite at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a hospital of choice among many celebrities including Britney Spears, Victoria Beckham and Jessica Simpson.

Hours later – around 1:30 a.m. – she gave birth to her baby girl, now believed to be named North.

Her partner, rapper Kanye, and mother Kris Jenner were reportedly at her side.

Kim’s due date was reportedly July 12, just one day after Kate Middleton.

The date would also have been Kanye’s mother Donda West’s 64th birthday.

‘A NOVELTY NAME!’ TWITTER REACTS TO KIMYE’S BABY NAME NORTH WEST

‘Kim & Kanye almost named the baby South West, until they heard the infant would then be required to make 3 daily flights to Phoenix.’ @joelmchale

‘Sending poor North West my attorney’s number. No one should have to go through life with a novelty name, not even a Kardashian.’ @surisburnbook

‘Sorry North West, but I’ve never been a fan of One Direction.’ @LovesxParadise

‘We heard North West MONTHS ago. It’s like an episode of House where it turns out that it actually was Lupus. What a let down.’ @Kelly_C_Chase

‘Somewhere Blue Ivy is thinking, “My name isn’t as bad now, is it”‘ @NatashaCarpio

‘oh good when kim and kanye’s daughter has her own fragrance it’ll be called “north, by north west”’ ‏@andylevy

‘The only way we can fix this and save North West is if we all change our names to North to make her feel perfectly normal.’ @samir

‘Wait, #Kim and #Kanye named their kid NORTH WEST? This might be better than Blanket.’ @JESSI

‘North West? Did Kim give birth to a baby or a compass?’ @TreMelvin

‘whenever you’re mad at your mom just remember she didnt name you north west’ @hashtagfranki

‘Kim and Kanye would have named their baby South West but that dang airline beat them to it!’ @Yowhzie

‘So Blue Ivy got the stripper name, and North West got the direction to the strip club? Nice, team work.’ @itsYONAS

‘Maybe I’m just getting punk’d.. Ashton.. Where you at? North west is a joke right?’ @PeaceLoveJoi

‘Y’all making fun of North West for that baby’s name but she going straight to the top………. and slightly to the left.’ @tmoney_presa

‘North West? Way to almost spend a minute thinking of a name.’ @Brianhopecomedy

‘Her siblings “South”, “Wild Wild” and “Mae” are coming soon…’ @djcoreycraig

‘We need to successfully abolish bullying before North West gets to 4th grade.’ @pinkyBrayne

‘Kim and Kanye named their baby “North West”.I guess it’s one of the few things in Kim’s life that hasn’t gone south!’ @jordansammy

‘Not even Kim & kanye’s fortunes combined could pay for the amount of therapy this kid will need for being named North West.’ @ShaunDiviney

‘Too late to change to “Knorth?”‘ @kenbakernow