In early 1991, a Malaysian newspaper ran a photo of an exiled Kuwaiti woman in Bahrain holding a baby girl. According to the caption, the baby was named “Kuwait.”
![Kuwaiti baby named Kuwait (Feb. 1991)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nancy.cc/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kuwait.jpg?resize=319%2C292&ssl=1)
The photo was taken at a rally for Kuwait National Day (Feb. 25) — days before Iraqi forces (under Saddam Hussein) were driven out of Kuwait.
Source: “Call for army of occupation.” New Straits Times [Malaysia] 27 Feb. 1991: 10.
Image: © 1991 New Straits Times