Kareena Kapoor Grandfather Wanted To Name Her. Initially Kareena was named Siddhima by her grandfather Raj Kapoor. It should be noted that Kareena Kapoor Khan was criticized on social media for naming.
The names were inspired by Siddhi and Riddhi the two wives of Lord Ganesh. As per several reports Kareena Kapoor was earlier named as Siddhima Kapoor by her grandfather Raj Kapoor. He decided to name Kareena Siddhima and Riddhima by her present name.
Still the name Kareena was derived from a Russian novel Anna Karenina that her mother was reading while she was pregnant with her.
By HT Entertainment Desk. Kareena Kapoor Khan gave birth to her second child and they Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan were blessed with a baby boy on Sunday again after Taimur. In the month of September 1980 Kapoor family was blessed with the birth of two baby girls Kareena and her cousin Riddhima Kapoor Sahni. Actress Kareena Kapoors grandfather Raj Kapoor wanted to name her something other than Kareena.