Take a look at what was Kareena named initially and how did the name Bebo "happen" to her and Lolo to Karisma.
Be it for her upcoming projects, maternity style, views and opinions or social media posts, Kareena Kapoor Khan never fails to make headlines.
Most recently, the actor was in the news as she and her husband Saif Ali Khan welcomed their second son into the world. The two were earlier blessed with a son Taimur Ali Khan, who was born in December 2016.
And as most of us know, at the time Taimur was born, there was a lot of controversy around his name. But despite all the controversies, Kareena did not budge and named her son exactly what she wanted to -- Taimur Ali Khan.
However, did you know that the B-town diva wasn't always called 'Kareena' herself? Yes, you heard that right!
Take a look at what was Kareena named initially and how did the name Bebo "happen" to her and the meaning of her and her sister Karisma Kapoor's nicknames:
1. Kareena Kapoor Khan was initially named 'Siddhima'
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Can you imagine Kareena Kapoor Khan being called Siddhima? Well, that's what she was initially named by her grandfather, the late actor Raj Kapoor.
2. Why was Kareena Kapoor Khan named Siddhima?
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Several media outlets have reported time and again that the reason why Kareena Kapoor Khan was initially named 'Siddhima' by her late grandfather Raj Kapoor was that he wanted it to rhyme with son, late Rishi Kapoor and his wife Neetu Kapoor's daughter Riddhima's name. Kareena was born on September 21 while Riddhima was born just six days before her on September 15. So, late Raj Kapoor wanted to name his two granddaughters after the names of Lord Ganpati's two wives Riddhi and Siddhi.
3. Who named her Kareena?
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Kareena Kapoor Khan herself has revealed in several of her interviews that it was her mother Babita who had named her 'Kareena'.
4. Inspiration behind the name Kareena
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Kareena has previously revealed in her interviews that the name Kareena was derived from the book Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, which her mother read while she was pregnant with her. And that's when she decided to name her Kareena, inspired by 'Karenina'.
5. How did the nickname 'Bebo' happen to her?
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Everyone is aware that Kareena Kapoor Khan's nickname is Bebo and that her family and close friends call her by that name. It was given to her by her father, Randhir Kapoor. But how did it happen to her? Well, in one of her interviews, Kareena had revealed that her father just wanted her nickname to rhyme with her elder sister Karisma's, which is Lolo. She had said, "My father and mother wanted some funny names for both of us, so it's Lolo and Bebo and there's no real meaning. It kind of rhymes. Lolo means loli, in Sindhi they say meethi loli (Sindhi sweet roti), so hers came from there, mine just happened."
