Kareena Kapoor Grandfather Wanted To Name Her. She is born in a family that have been actors for generations including her paternal great-grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor. 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 Kapoors daughter Riddhimas name.
Imagine Kareena Kapoor Khan being called Siddhima. As followers flood the web with identify strategies for Kareena Kapoors new child child her dad Randhir Kapoor spoke. PUBLISHED ON FEB 27 2021 1236 PM IST Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan did not change the identify of.
Their grandfather Raj Kapoor wanted to name his granddaughters Riddhima and Siddhima.
Kareena Kapoor Khan wanted to name her baby Taimur Ali Khan while Saif Ali Khan wanted to name him Faiz due to its poetic connotations. According to Kapoor the name Kareena was derived from the book Anna Karenina which her mother read while she was pregnant with her. It so happened Kareena and Riddima were born six days apart during the Ganpati Festival. Keeping this in mind their grandfather Raj Kapoor wanted to name his granddaughters Riddhima and Siddhima.