One of the many questions one everyone’s minds after Caitlyn Jenner’s beautiful Vanity Fair cover was released was: what lead the E! star to choose the new moniker? Jenner explained how she came to the decision in her interview with the magazine, saying, “It’s one of the hardest things in life—choosing your own name.”
She admitted that she tried to come up with ideas for her name by watching Miss America pageants, browsing the contestants to see if anything sparked her interest. And while Jenner says she liked the name Heather or Cathy, Caitlyn always stuck with her.
The Olympian told the mag that at one point, her assistant Rhonda randomly mentioned liking the name Caitlyn.
Jenner took the coincidence as a sign, and decided to go ahead with it spelled with a C as opposed to a K—something the Kardashians and Jenners have seemingly trademarked over the years.
