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Barack Obama baby-naming blitz
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He inspired millions of people to elect him as the next President of the United States, and now President-elect Barack Obama is inspiring people in a whole different way. New parents in both Kenya, where Barack Obama's father was born, and the United States are naming their babies after our new leader.Barack means "blessed," and parents in Kenya hope that by giving their child the name, their children will be successful in life. (As an aside, President-elect Obama also has a beer named after him there, "Senator," and Obama: The Musical recently opened as well.) A family in Florida got a little more creative and gave their child the first name of Obama.
It's pretty common to see an increase in popular baby names, but Barack Obama doesn't have a very common name, which even became an issue during the election. Still, it's a real name, unlike some of those in the gallery below.
What about you? If you're a supporter, would you consider his name for your little one?
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1-03-2009 @ 3:11PM
motherofthree said...I just discovered your article dated 11/8/2008. *Barack Obama baby-naming blitz* The title of this blog was horrifying. To suggest naming an innocent angel after proven fraud, is a comparison of naming a baby after Hitler. In my humble opinion you did a dis service and enabled a justification of people of every race to scar their baby for life. You really should do yourself a favor, by performing research about Obama. Barack's name will result in ridicule and the child will be forced in adult life to legally change their name. You should appologize to your readers. and admit you made a bad decsion to cover this topic.
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1-15-2009 @ 1:14PM
Kokie said...I so agree with you. Why would you ruin your child's life by naming him after the liar that was elected to run this great country. All he is going to do is ruin us MORE!!