Kendall Jenner's Real Name: Kendall Nicole Jenner

Quick answer: Kendall Jenner's full name is Kendall Nicole Jenner. She was born on November 3, 1995, in Los Angeles to Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner. Biography.com says her middle name honors her mother's friend Nicole Brown Simpson. She first appeared on Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2007 and became one of the highest-paid models in the world (Library of Congress; Biography.com).

Real name and early life

The Library of Congress authorized heading for her is the full form, "Jenner, Kendall Nicole, 1995-." Its citation reads: "Kendall Nicole Jenner; b. Nov. 3, 1995 in Los Angeles; is a model; is from a famous family." It also notes that she first appeared on TV in 2007 on Keeping Up with the Kardashians and signed with a modeling company in 2009.

Biography.com says she was born to Kris Jenner and Olympic champion Bruce Jenner, who came out as transgender in 2015 and has since been known as Caitlyn Jenner. She grew up in a Los Angeles suburb with her younger sister, Kylie. Her half-siblings from her mother's marriage to attorney Robert Kardashian are Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob. Her father's earlier marriages produced half-siblings Burt, Cassandra, Brandon, and Brody.

Career highlights

Jenner was 11 when the family's reality series began in 2007, and she later appeared in its spin-offs. In 2013 she and her sisters shared the Teen Choice Award for favorite female reality star. Biography.com says her mother signed her to Wilhelmina Models at 14. Her early work included shoots for Forever 21, a photo in Teen Vogue, and campaigns in Australia.

She moved on to runway shows and campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Givenchy, and Dolce & Gabbana, and by the end of 2014 she was being called the new "It" girl. She appeared in Harper's Bazaar, GQ, and Vogue, and won Teen Choice Awards for favorite model in 2015 and 2016. She topped Forbes' list of highest-paid models in 2017 and 2018. With Kylie she launched clothing lines, and in 2016 she became the face of Estée Lauder. She has made small acting appearances in Hawaii Five-0 (2012) and Ocean's 8 (2018).

Her career has also drawn criticism. In April 2017 a Pepsi ad starring Jenner was widely criticized for trivializing the Black Lives Matter movement and was pulled a day after its debut. Two months later, she and Kylie removed T-shirts that superimposed their faces on images of musicians such as Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., and they apologized.

Name notes for searchers

Kendall is her first name. Nicole, her middle name, honors Nicole Brown Simpson. Jenner is her father's surname. Unlike her older half-sisters, she is not a Kardashian by surname, though she appears with them on screen. Our Caitlyn Jenner page covers her father's names.