--- title: Kris Jenner Is Changing Her Name To Kris Kardashian Again description: Kris Jenner announced that she is planning on changing her name back to Kris Kardashian in a deleted scene from her reality TV show. canonical: https://time.com/4345683/kris-jenner-changing-name-kardashian/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-23T22:04:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:39.871Z og:title: Kris Jenner Is Changing Her Name Back To Kris Kardashian og:description: Keeping up with Kris og:url: https://time.com/4345683/kris-jenner-changing-name-kardashian/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta54fb82f7abca45d/698894852dce01149e9e9303/kris-jenner-changing-name-kris-kardashian.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Hollywood Reporter's Annual Women In Entertainment Breakfast og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kris Jenner Is Changing Her Name Back To Kris Kardashian twitter:description: Keeping up with Kris twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta54fb82f7abca45d/698894852dce01149e9e9303/kris-jenner-changing-name-kris-kardashian.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kris Jenner Says She's Changing Her Name Back to Kris Kardashian  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 23, 2016 10:04 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 09: Honoree Kris Jenner attends the 24th annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast hosted by The Hollywood Reporter at Milk Studios on December 9, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 09: Honoree Kris Jenner attends the 24th annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast hosted by The Hollywood Reporter at Milk Studios on December 9, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)Jason Merritt—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 23, 2016 10:04 PM UTC What’s in a name? For [Kris Jenner](http://time.com/3853741/selma-blair-kris-jenner/?iid=sr-link1), apparently a lot. The self-proclaimed “momager” and architect of the [entire Kardashian empire](http://time.com/4061251/kardashians-americas-first-family/) revealed that she’ll be changing her last name back to Kardashian after over 24 years as Kris Jenner during a [deleted scene](http://www.eonline.com/shows/kardashians/news/767154/kris-jenner-i-m-going-to-change-my-name-back-to-kardashian) from Sunday night’s episode of _Keeping Up With the Kardashians_. Jenner justified her decision by telling daughter Khloe Kardashian that, “I was the original Kardashian.” When asked why she wouldn’t go back to her maiden name (nee Houghton), Jenner demurred, “It just doesn’t sound right.” As final justification for changing her name, Jenner offered a cheeky rationale. “If Bruce can change his name to Caitlyn,” she said. “I think I’m good.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4345683/kris-jenner-changing-name-kardashian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4345683/kris-jenner-changing-name-kardashian/"},"headline":"Kris Jenner Says She's Changing Her Name Back to Kris Kardashian","datePublished":"2016-05-23T22:04:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:39.871Z","description":"Keeping up with Kris","url":"https://time.com/4345683/kris-jenner-changing-name-kardashian/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta54fb82f7abca45d/698894852dce01149e9e9303/kris-jenner-changing-name-kris-kardashian.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta54fb82f7abca45d/698894852dce01149e9e9303/kris-jenner-changing-name-kris-kardashian.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Hollywood Reporter's Annual Women In Entertainment Breakfast","caption":"The Hollywood Reporter's Annual Women In Entertainment Breakfast","creditText":"Jason Merritt—Getty Images","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/4345683/kris-jenner-changing-name-kardashian/","name":"Kris Jenner Says She's Changing Her Name Back to Kris Kardashian"}}]}] ```