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The world was forever changed when Beyoncé and Jay Z welcomed twins on June 14. We all waited, with varying levels of patience, to learn their names—eventually revealed to be Rumi and Sir Carter. We waited even longer to see the first photo of the twins, which was released when they were 1 month old. However, we’ve continued to wonder about where the inspiration behind the names Rumi and Sir came from—although hints and theories abounded, we haven’t had any official confirmation. Until now: Jay Z has finally spoken out about the meaning behind the twins’ names.

Thanks to Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles Lawson, we already had an idea of how Rumi got her name. Just after Bey revealed the first photo of her beybies, her mom posted an Instagram that seemed to imply that Rumi is named after the 13th-century Persian poet of the same name. The photo she posted featured a few stanzas from the poet’s work, and her caption read, “This is poetry by the 13 th century poet ‘Rumi’ it’s not only beautiful but logical ❤️ love number three ❤️Sometimes we are the reason we can’t find love!! We have to work on ourselves first to be whole❤️”

This week Jay Z confirmed our idea that Tina was giving us more than a poetry lesson when he went on the podcast Rap Radar to speak with hosts Elliot Wilson and Brian Miller. “Rumi is our favorite poet, so it was for our daughter,” he said.

Jay Z then went on to speak about the inspiration behind “Sir”:

“Sir was like, man, come out the gate. He carries himself like that. He just came out, like, Sir,” he said.

And there you have it: theories confirmed and curiosity satiated. But can we get more adorable pics, please?

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