--- title: Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo Now Has a Name description: More than 50,000 votes were cast to name the youngster canonical: https://time.com/3835131/baby-giraffe-dallas-zoo-name/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-24T20:09:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:07.464Z og:title: Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo Now Has a Name og:description: More than 50,000 votes were cast to name the youngster og:url: https://time.com/3835131/baby-giraffe-dallas-zoo-name/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0696d4b4e72bb925/6987eab935ba6f3ef4c0ad2e/katieandcalf1.jpg?branch=production&width=435&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 435 og:image:height: 245 og:image:alt: katieandcalf1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo Now Has a Name twitter:description: More than 50,000 votes were cast to name the youngster twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0696d4b4e72bb925/6987eab935ba6f3ef4c0ad2e/katieandcalf1.jpg?branch=production&width=435&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo Now Has a Name > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Alison Schwartz / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Alison Schwartz / People Contributor Apr 24, 2015 8:09 PM UTC  Katie and Kipenzi Katie and Kipenzi Animal Planet—Dallas Zoo by [Alison Schwartz / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Alison Schwartz / People Contributor Apr 24, 2015 8:09 PM UTC As the [royal baby name game](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20910362%5F20917394,00.html) continues to leave us guessing, we can all sleep a little more soundly knowing at least one adorable newborn finally has her moniker. And the [Dallas Zoo’s newest giraffe addition’s](http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20914619,00.html) name is … Kipenzi, which is Swahili for loved one. More than 50,000 fans around the world voted to pick the name of the calf, whom Katie the reticulated giraffe [welcomed April 10](http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20914619,00.html). [We’ve been keeping tabs](http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20913202,00.html) on Kipenzi via [Animal Planet’s live-cam](http://www.apl.tv/giraffe-birth-live.htm), which began rolling before Katie even gave birth. As for Kipenzi, the calf has gained more than 30 lbs. since birth and stands over 6-ft. tall. Dallas Zoo visitors, get excited: The giraffe baby is preparing to make her public debut in the habitat for her first full day as soon as the rainy weather clears up, which will likely be early next week. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/dallas-zoo-giraffe-reveals-name?xid=IFT-Trending) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com/people/)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3835131/baby-giraffe-dallas-zoo-name/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3835131/baby-giraffe-dallas-zoo-name/"},"headline":"Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo Now Has a Name","datePublished":"2015-04-24T20:09:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:07.464Z","description":"More than 50,000 votes were cast to name the youngster","url":"https://time.com/3835131/baby-giraffe-dallas-zoo-name/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Zoo","Dallas"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0696d4b4e72bb925/6987eab935ba6f3ef4c0ad2e/katieandcalf1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alison Schwartz / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0696d4b4e72bb925/6987eab935ba6f3ef4c0ad2e/katieandcalf1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"katieandcalf1","caption":"Katie and Kipenzi","creditText":"Animal Planet—Dallas Zoo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3835131/baby-giraffe-dallas-zoo-name/","name":"Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo Now Has a Name"}}]}] ```