All About Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik's Daughter Khai

Mar. 15, 2025

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Throughout all the highs and lows,Gigi HadidandZayn Malikare committed to being the best parents to their daughter, Khai Hadid Malik.

After dating on and off since 2016, Hadidconfirmed she was expectinga child with the former One Direction singer during an April 2020 interview withJimmy Fallon. In September 2020, the couple welcomed their daughter via natural home birth, later sharing that her name was Khai.

ThoughHadid and Malik splitin October 2021 following analleged altercation with Hadid’s mother,Yolanda, they remain dedicated to raising Khai together and have fallen naturally into their roles as parents.

Gigi Hadid and daughter Khai.gigi Hadid /instagram

While chatting withThe Sunday Timesin March 2023, Hadid gushed about her daughter and shared that she’s “so glad to be a young mom.” The model went on to add that she tries to schedule work obligations when Khai is with Malik. “That she can be with both parents makes me very happy,” Hadid said.

When Khai celebrated her 4th birthday in September 2024, both of her parents paid tribute to her on Instagram, with Hadid sharing that they spent the day at the park and ate rainbow cake for breakfast.

“Khai- it ismy life’s greatest joyand pride to be your mama!!!! Thank you for the four best years of my life- you remind me to live life to the fullest every day, in the most simple & beautiful ways,” Hadid wrote in anInstagrampost.

Meanwhile, Malik called Khai “themost important person in my life” in anInstagrampost of his own, adding, “Beyond proud to call you my daughter.. grateful for every second I get to spend next to you, as you become the incredible person I know you already are.”

Keep reading for everything to know about Hadid and Malik’s daughter, Khai.

Hadid was careful about sharing her pregnancy on social media

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She added, however, that she had been sharing plenty of bump photos with friends and family. " … It’s been really cute and exciting and I’m trying to document it well because I’ve heard a lot of people say obviously, ‘make sure you don’t miss it,’ " Hadid said.

During a Twitter Q&A in January 2021, the supermodel opened up about her pregnancy journey, saying thatshe found out she was pregnantthe day before the Tom Ford show during Paris Fashion Week.

“I was so nauseous backstage 😅 but I learned I could kinda control it if I continuously ate, so my mom would pack me snacks before each show 🥖 🧀 bless,” she wrote.

She was born on Sept. 19, 2020

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Khai was born on Sept. 19, 2020.Hadid and Malik announced the birthof their daughter a few days later on Sept. 23.

Later that day, Hadid shared a different black-and-white image of Malik and their daughter holding hands on Instagram.

“Our girl joined us earth-side this weekend and she’s already changed our world. So in love🥺💕,” the new mom wrote.

Hadid had an unmedicated home birth

She recalled feeling like an “animal woman” during the experience, saying that she had to “dig deep” to get through the pain.

“There definitely was a point where I was like, ‘I wonder what it would be like with an epidural, how it would be different,’ " Hadid said. “My midwife looked at me and was like, ‘You’re doing it. No one can help you. You’re past the point of the epidural anyway, so you’d be pushing exactly the same way in a hospital bed.’ "

Hadid also revealed that Malik was the one to catch Khai when she was finally born. “It didn’t even click that she was out,” the model said. “I was so exhausted, and I looked up and he’s holding her. It was so cute.”

Hadid and Malik have been co-parenting Khai since their split in October 2021

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“Gigi is solelyfocused on the best for Khai. She asks for privacy during this time,” her rep told PEOPLE in a statement.

In November 2021, a source told PEOPLE that while things were still tense between Yolanda and Malik, Hadid was determined to come to a peacefulco-parenting arrangementfor their daughter’s sake.

“Yolanda is very upset with Zayn, but Gigi has made it clear that her daughter needs her dad,” the source said. “Gigi will do everything she can to make sure they co-parent in a civil way.”

She has a special bond with her aunt, Bella Hadid

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Bella Hadidis a proud aunt. The supermodel has shared several sweet moments with Khai on social media, showcasing their special bond.

For Khai’s first birthday in 2021, Bella shared a gallery of photos featuring her niece, writing, “Happy Birthday to the greatest gift our family has ever been blessed with…. I didn’t know my heart could grow this big!!!! You make me smile when I’m sad and make me cry of happiness just because ur alive.”

Hadid clearly appreciates her sister’s role as aunt, too. In July 2021, she posted a “photo dump” that included aphoto of Bella holding Khaiup while standing in front of a window overlooking the New York City skyline. For Bella’s 25th birthday that October,Hadid called her sister Khai’s “forever protector"in a heartfelt Instagram tribute.

She’s growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania

While they still spend considerable time in N.Y.C., Hadid and Malik primarily raise their daughter on thePennsylvania farmthe model shares with her sister Bella. In Hadid’s March 2021Voguecover story, she shared that ranch life is where she feels “happiest.”

“I think she’ll definitely be raised here,” she said of Khai. “The greenery and the farm-y lifestyle are similar to what made me feel really centered as a kid, and I think that’s really important to Zayn and me.”

Hadid has shared snippets of her family’s life on the farm, from picking vegetables in the garden to carrying Khai out to the land where her horses roam.

Hadid asked the paparazzi to blur Khai’s face in pictures

Gigi Hadid and daughter Khai.Gigi hadid/ instagram

To protect her daughter’s privacy,Hadid penned an open letterto “paparazzi, press and beloved fan accounts,” asking them to blur Khai’s face in any images that may circulate.

Hadid shared that while taking her daughter out for walks in her stroller in N.Y.C., Khai had started wanting the sun shade lifted up and “helps herself to it,” making it harder to ensure her privacy.

“She doesn’t understand why she’s covered in the city, or what I’ve wanted to protect her from,” Hadid said. “I also want her to see the most amazing city in the world + the beautiful and diverse people that walk down the streets of NYC … that is, without the stress of the media circus that comes with parents who are public figures.”

She then pleaded: “Our wish is that she can choose how to share herself with the world when she comes of age, and that she can live as normal of a childhood as possible, without worrying about a public image that she has not chosen. It would mean the world to us, as we take our daughter to see and explore NYC and the world, if you would PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE blur her face out of the images, if and when she is caught on camera.”

She inspired Hadid to change her lifestyle

Gigi Hadid and Khai.Gigi Hadid Instagram

Hadid spoke about her daughter inElle’s March 2023 issue, explaining that her pandemic pregnancyinspired her to live her life differently.

“I got pregnant and I really started to think about what I wanted after, when the world opened back up. It kept coming back to just a more stabilized schedule where I’m not in a different country every week,” the model said.

Hadid opened up about how being a mom has changed her again in her cover interview forVogue’s April 2025 issue.

“We grow together. You wake up and do your best and you realize it is enough, and there’s a beauty in not necessarily knowing exactly how that’s going to go,” she said. “I think that’s a huge lesson that I needed. And probably one of the reasons that Khai came to me.”

She brought “color” back into Malik’s life

During an interview with Alex Cooper on theCall Her Daddypodcast, Malik opened up about fatherhood.

“I feel like we get to a certain point in adult life where everything is kind of vague and grey and boring, andshe’s brought that color back for me,” he said, adding that his main objective since Khai’s birth has been to be “a good example to her.”

Malik also spoke about how the little girl inspired him to speak publicly after years of avoiding the spotlight.

“Since I’ve had my daughter, the main thing in my mind is trying to be a good example to her,” he explained. “That’s why I’m even doing this interview, you know? I used to get a lot of anxiety around having a conversation like this. And I want her to be able to look at me and be like, ‘My dad’s doing this.’ "

Malik says she has a “natural ability” for singing

Khai is taking after her “Baba” in the music department. During an interview withL’Officielin March 2024, the One Direction alum shared that his daughter has a “natural ability” for singing.

“I know, it sounds ridiculous because she’s 3, but her retention for language, especially when it’s formatted in a music sense to her, has been amazing,” he told the outlet. “She’ll remember every lyric of every song that she likes. She remembers chord progressions and notes. She can do runs that have, like, three, four notes.”

Malik gets emotional while watchingBlueywith her

In a behind-the-scenes video forNYLONin May 2024, Malik said that the last time he cried was while watchingBlueywith Khai, a show that he said “makes me cry regularly.”

“They have amazing script writers and some of the stories are just so like, wicked for parents, you know?” he said, adding, “there’s always like an underlying message that they always get me, man. They choke me up, I end up crying.”

source: people.com