http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9707749/Twitter-trends-Has- a-mother-really-named-her-baby-girl-Hashtag.html Twitter trends: Has a mother really named her baby girl Hashtag? A photo of a baby girl with a Twitter-inspired name "Hashtag" has been published online, ironically, on Facebook. Is this a real name or a joke?
Uploaded on Facebook over the weekend is a photo of a newborn baby, apparently called Hashtag Jameson. Underneath the photo of the cute baby girl, a caption reads: "Hashtag Jameson was born at 10oclock last night. She weys (sic) 8pounds and I luv (sic) her so much!!!!" But it is not clear whether the birth announcement is a joke, viral marketing campaign or the real thing. Critics of the name have vented their anger on social networking sites, others think it is bang on trend. Last year, an Israeli couple named their daughter after a feature on the social networking site Facebook. The girl was called Like, after a button that allows users to express their approval of photographs, links and status updates. Lior Adler and his wife Vardit, who live in the town of Hod Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, said they were looking for a name that was "modern and innovative". Mr Adler's father said they had wanted an original name and that his daughter would be the first in the country to be called Like. "In our opinion it's the modern equivalent of the name Ahava [Love]," he said according to Israeli newspaper Maariv. "It's just my way of saying to my fantastic daughter, 'Love'." Baby names are increasingly become diverse as more parents follow celebrities with bizarre monikers such as Nevaeh - or heaven spelt backwards, research showed earlier this year. Britons can now find out how popular their name is, thanks to a new website that has analysed official statistics. The research, based on Office of National Statistics figures, found that baby names are getting more diverse as parents shun more traditional monikers. The website, titled England & Wales Baby Names, found the number of different names has increased by more than 50 per cent in 15 years. More parents named their children after their favourite celebrity, with the numbers of children sharing a famous person's name fluctuating according to popular culture. The most popular girl's name, in "absolute" terms, was Lily for girls and Oliver for boys. _______________________________________________ Please be sure to include a URL to the article. Reply to the sender with a "Thank you" if you like this post. _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
