Nicky Hilton is going to change her name

Nicky Hilton told me Wednesday she will change her name to Nicky Rothschild after marrying British banker James Rothschild, and she’d like to have two children with him.

I found Nicky in her Magic Convention booth in Mandalay Bay. She was displaying her elegant, pretty line of “Nicky Hilton x linea pelle” handbags.

I asked her the usual wedding questions, like, “Are you going to change your last name?”

“I think so. I’m old fashioned. That’s tradition,” Hilton said.

She won’t even keep Hilton as a middle name?

“No.”

I said, “You’ve been part of pop culture for so long, for me to think of you with a different last name is a surprise to me.”

“Me too,” she said with a little laugh.

“We’re definitely planning on having a family,” she said.

I asked her if she had a desirable number of children in mind.

“I think two sounds nice,” Hilton, 31, said, and she added with amusement, “I like even numbers.”

Hilton was in Vegas for New Year’s Eve, but she doesn’t come to Vegas as often as she used to. Why not?

“I’m living in New York now. When I was in L.A., it was a hop and a skip. Now it’s a little more effort to get here. But I love coming.

“I love going to the spas. They’re so incredible, and relaxing. The last time I was here, I stayed at the Encore. That spa is just out of this world luxurious.”

“Do you get privacy in the spas?” I asked.

“I like to go and do all the treatments. So I mind my own business.”

The future Rothschild flew to Vegas this week after an extended stay at St. Barths. I asked her why she left paradise island to promote her wares in a brightly lighted convention space.

“Because I am a working woman. It’s in my blood. I like to work hard and play hard,” she said cheerfully.

“I’m here meeting with buyers all day, getting on a plane, and shooting my cosmetic campaign in the morning. That work ethic was instilled in all of us.”

By the way, in September, she is launching her 10-piece, bone-color, black and leopard-print leather handbags, she said, at roughly $170 to $400, to be economically accessible yet timeless.

“Since a lot of locals will read this, is there anything people in Vegas can do to make Magic better?” I asked.

“Maybe have more Starbucks inside. The Starbucks line is so damn long” in the hallway outside of the convention space, she said.

“And they have the best restaurants in the world here. Maybe they could set up some food stands from them. They need better food in here.”

Contact Doug Elfman at delfman@reviewjournal.com. He blogst at reviewjournal.com/elfman.