Jay-Z has revealed the adorable true story behind his daughter Blue Ivy’s name after years of speculation.

The legendry rapper, 53, who also shares six-year-old twins Sir and Rumi with Drunk In Love songstress Beyoncé, 42, had, until now, remained tight-lipped over his 11-year-old’s moniker.

While many had assumed ‘Blue’ could be the power couple’s favorite color, Jay-Z told Gayle King, 68, that it is actually derived from a nickname they used for their unborn daughter from her first sonogram.

‘Her name was supposed to be Brooklyn, that was the name we had in theory,’ the artist began.

Jay-Z has revealed the true story behind his 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy’s name

‘But when we got to the sonograms, we was calling her Blueberry, like, “Look at the little blueberry”. You know, it was like a nickname.

‘For nine months, we were like, “Look at the little blueberry”. So, it just was natural. We just took the “berry” off of it and called her Blue.’

Besides sharing the wholesome origin of Blue Ivy’s name, Jay-Z also admitted that his daughter now sees him as a ‘cool dad’ and comes to him and mom Beyoncé for advice.

‘She used to be frontin’ on me a little bit,’ he told Gayle with a huge smile. ‘But [now] I catch her. I catch her in the corner, you know? Now she asks me if this is cool, if her sneakers [are cool].’

Gayle chimed in to clarify that she wants her father’s ‘advice’, to which Jay-Z responded: ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah.’

‘There was a time where she was like, “Daaaaad,”‘ he continued, doing an impression of Blue Ivy covering her face in embarrassment.

‘I’m cool. I don’t know what you sayin’,’ he hilariously recalled telling Blue. ‘I’m cool! You got cool parents! At your house, your parents are cool.’

Blue’s fame reached stratospheric heights over the summer when she performed alongside her mom during her Renaissance Tour.

JAY-Z is a rapper, a businessman — and most importantly, a family man with a big heart.

During a tour of the “Book of HOV’ exhibit at @BKLYNlibrary, he told @GayleKing how his daughter Blue Ivy got her name and which part of the showcase brought tears to his grandma’s eyes. pic.twitter.com/TLtLxqmfiy

— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) October 27, 2023

Jay-Z revealed that he and Beyoncé had originally planned to name their daughter Brooklyn

He also said that Blue Ivy now asks him for fashion advice – and thinks he’s a ‘cool’ dad

The 99 Problems rapper proudly talked about his daughter during an interview with Gayle King

Blue Ivy recently took the world by storm after she joined mom Beyoncé on her world tour

Source:https://www.dailymail.co.uk