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10 Technology-inspired baby names like “Like”

Facebook "Like"

A few months ago, PCWorld published a list of 10 tech-inspired baby names better than Like.

I thought I’d compile a similar list, but go in the opposite direction. So below are ten real-life, headline-grabbing, tech-inspired names just like Like.

Starting, of course, with Like:

Like

An Israeli baby girl was named Like after the Facebook “Like Button” in 2011. (Go like baby Like, if you like!)

Facebook

A Egyptian baby girl was named Facebook after the social networking site Facebook in 2011.

Google

A Swedish baby boy was named Google after the search engine Google in 2005.

[I’ve never blogged about this one before, surprisingly. Oliver Google Kai was born on September 12, 2005, in Kalmar, Sweden, to Dr. Walid Elias Kai (who is Lebanese) and his wife Carol (who is Swedish). Google’s response: “We wish him long life and good health, and hope his schoolmates aren’t too hard on him.”]

@

A Chinese baby boy was possibly named @ after the “at” symbol found in e-mail addresses in 2007. (The name may or may not have been approved by the Chinese government.)

Vista

A Canadian baby girl was named Vista after the Windows Vista operating system in 2007.

2.0

An American baby boy was named Jon Blake Cusack 2.0 — 2.0 in place of a more traditional suffix, like II or Jr. — in 2004.

Annanova

A Dutch baby girl was named Annanova after virtual newscaster Ananova in 2000.

Iuma

A handful of babies from various countries were named Iuma as part of the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) baby naming contest in 2000.

Linux

The name Linux debuted in the U.S. baby name data in the early 2010s.

Dovahkiin

An American baby boy was named Dovahkiin after a video game character just a few days ago. (Other video game baby names include Zelda and Rinoa)

For less-crazy tech-inspired names, try PCWorld’s list, or try my namestorms for internet lovers and/or computer lovers.

Update, 1/2014: Here’s another tech-related name — an American baby girl has been named Tali’Zorah after a video game character.

Baby name story: Annanova

Ananova, the world's first virtual newsreader (in 2000)
Ananova

In April of 2000, the world’s first virtual newsreader, Ananova, began broadcasting on the Web.

According to her creators, green-haired Ananova was 28 years old, single, and delivered news in a “pleasant, quietly intelligent manner.” (I’ve seen old clips, though, and her voice was not actually very pleasant-sounding.)

On November 6, 2000, Dutch couple Nicolette Behrendt and Marcel van Kanten welcomed a baby girl. They named their daughter Annanova. (They doubled the n to make the name easier to pronounce in Dutch.)

Their name choice had more to do with coincidence than with commemoration. Nicolette and Marcel found out they were expecting right around the time Ananova was launched online.

Ananova image from the website (2000)
Ananova

Sadly, the virtual newscaster was pulled offline sometime in 2004. The associated news site Ananova.com was likewise discontinued in 2009.

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