Caitlyn Jenner found choosing her new name one of the "hardest things". The former Olympian - who was known as Bruce Jenner before her transition - spent two years considering what she would be known as a female, even watching the Miss America pageant for inspiration. She said: "It's one of the hardest things in life -- choosing your own name." The reality star considered Heather or Cathy but then her assistant Rhonda suggested Caitlyn. Caitlyn exclaimed: "I love that name, too!" Caitlyn then spent some time deciding whether to spell her name with a C or, as with ex-wife Kris Jenner, daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and stepdaughters Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, use a K but eventually decided to break with tradition and adopt the conventional spelling to set herself apart from the Kardashians.