“A little ray of sunshine has come into the world. A little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl…”
It’s so exciting when you hold your newborn child and name them after nine months of scouring name books and agonising over a mutually acceptable name. It’s a name for your child to own and grow with.
Recently the major papers published the list of the most popular names in Victoria for 2010. A lot of the classics like Ruby, Charlotte and Mia appeared for the girls. Jack, William and Thomas topped the list for the boys*. These are traditional names that fit a newborn as well as a senior citizen’s face.
Recently, an Egyptian father was happy to forego the traditional names of his country by naming his newborn daughter Facebook in appreciation of the role that this social media site played in Egypt’s revolution.
We all watched the bloody protest unfold with thousands packing Tahrir Square and other cities in Egypt demanding the end to President Hosni Muburak’s reign. This father was that impressed by the influence of social gossip and networking that he named his precious daughter after it.
Imagine when Facebook grows up and her teacher says “Get out your laptop Facebook and Google the Egyptian uprising from 2011.” That might explain a few things for her.
Perhaps if the trend in social uprising continues she will have friends called Yahoo and Twitter!
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