It didn’t take much time for Charles to choose his daughter’s name.

In a two-minute YouTube video, the Western lowland gorilla silverback struts over to the three displays containing fruit, nuts, palm leaves, bamboo and the three potential names.

After some deliberation, Charles plops down beside one of the plants, he ruffles through some leaves where he finds a banana and picks the name — Nneka.

The Toronto Zoo announced Thursday that after a month and more than 10,000 submissions they finally had a name for their youngest gorilla, born in January.

Maria Franke, the zoo’s curator of mammals said the zoo is “thrilled to have Nneka join our gorilla troop.”

“This significant birth will help raise awareness on the plight of this critically endangered, species and brings us one step further in our efforts to help in the protection of Western lowland gorillas" Franke said.

The zoo asked that the name be suitable for a female, be of African descent and began with the letter “N.”

A panel of judges then reviewed the top 20 names and narrowed it down to the top three: Nia, Nneka and Nyota with the final decision left to Charles.

Nneka means supreme, renowned and prominent. The other two options, Nia means purpose and Nyota means star, according to the zoo.

The zoo said they hope to bring attention to the Western lowland gorilla population, which is a critically endangered species.

They currently have three adult gorillas named Charles, Josephine and Ngozi and four young gorillas, Johari, Sadiki, Nassir and now Nneka.

They are continuing their nearly 40-year tradition of naming baby gorillas with the first initial of the mother’s name.

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Last month, more than 14,000 people voted to name the zoo’s polar bear cub and newest Arctic ambassador, Humphrey Piujuq. He joins the zoo’s three adult bears, Aurora, Inukshuk and Nikita.

However, the zoo was under fire in February when they claimed that the name “Searik” was Inuit for beautiful, when it turns out the word means nothing at all.

The zoo quickly removed the definition of the name “Searik” shortly after receiving complaints.