Jay-Z and Beyonce may have thought outside of the box when naming their daughter Blue Ivy, but it wasn’t their first choice.

The superstar couple welcomed their first child in 2012 and in a new interview with Gayle King Jay-Z, 53, revealed how he and Bey finally came up with their little girl’s moniker. He said: “Her name was meant to be Brooklyn”

When asked if they had dubbed her Blue because it was his favourite colour the rapper grinned as he explained: “I wish it was that simple. It was supposed to be Brooklyn. That was the name we had in theory. When we got to the sonograms, she was super small there and we were calling her blueberry, like ‘Look at the little blueberry!’

The young star has embraced her famous parents lifestyle ( Image: Getty Images)

“It was a nickname for nine months. It was natural, we just took the berry off and called her Blue.” The 11-year-old has become well known for her comical side in recent years, for moments like when she made her world famous parents stop clapping during a Grammy Awards speech.

Jay also admits that Blue, like any other young girl, is a bit embarassed by her dad. He said: “Blue, she be fronting on me a little bit but I catch her. Now she asks me if this is cool, her sneakers or whatever she’s wearing. “She’s come back but there was a time where she was like, [hides face] ‘Dad!’ I was like, ‘I’m cool. I don’t know what you’re saying’.”

The chart-topper also admitted how proud he feels when he sees his little girl get on stage with her mum like during her recent Renaissance Tour. He said: “I still get goosebumps seeing her walk on stage. Blue has been born into this world that she didn’t ask of, she’s been born into a life she didn’t ask of. So, since she was born, she’s been in scrutiny and the public eye, everyone having an opinion of a little girl, how she keeps her hair.

Blue has been joining her mum on stage ( Image: Getty Images for Atlantis The Royal)

“For her to be on that stage and reclaim her power, and the song is called My Power, you can’t write a better script. And then watching her grow in it. She came out to 80,000 people, she’s 11 so she’s nervous. I know her so I know how nervous she was, I know how frightened she was.

“She wanted to do it the first night and we were like, ‘Okay, if this is something you want to do, you can’t just go out there, you’ve got to go work with the dancers and go work.” She worked every day. I watched her work hard. She had a little icy pack thing on her back some days.”