Man names his daughter "Facebook"

rebel10

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/bizarre/man-gives-daughter-social-name-501306.html
An Egyptian man has named his baby daughter "Facebook".

Gamal Ibrahim chose the strange moniker for his newborn to celebrate the country's January 25 revolution which led to the end of Hosni Mubarak's 30-year reign as president, which was partly organised on the popular social networking website.

The new father said he wished to "express his joy at the achievements made by the January 25 youth."

Family, friends and neighbours have flocked to bestow gifts on baby Facebook and are overjoyed with her unusual name.
Has a ring to it!:p

Bet all the celebs are gutted they didn't think of the name first. Facebook Beckham....it was only a matter of time!

Any other ridiculous names out there?

Saila

facepalm..

**Timbuk2**

Just asking to be fraped....

Cypher_sounds

Like

Sonics2k

I see a lawsuit in the making.

holystungun9

yes, these are my kids......facebook, d1ckface d1ckbook and faced!ck

Dudess

Lol.

RachaelVO

I really did think I had heard it all, but that is just unbelievable...

Right, whose gonna be the first to call their baby BOARDS

Saila

Sonics2k wrote: »

I see a lawsuit in the making.

the one about the other companies who missed their chance

discus

Saila wrote: »

facepalm..

What he'd name her if the internet-aided revolution had failed!

Cypher_sounds

I wonder will facebook be around still when facebook gets older;)

CarrickMcJoe

She was a beautiful Bebo.:D

rebel10

Think I would have gone with Twitter Ibrahim if given the choice. But then again...why the hell would I?

baalthor

Myspace would have been worse

poppyvalley

Saila wrote: »

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Bangalore

danniemcq

i think this is a really nice story,

it was thanks to facebook that the revolution was so succesful in Egypt and they are closer to proper democracy.

how many Irish are called Michael after Michael Collins?

bizmark

danniemcq wrote: »

i think this is a really nice story,

it was thanks to facebook that the revolution was so succesful in Egypt and they are closer to proper democracy.

how many Irish are called Michael after Michael Collins?

Ya but it would be more like calling your kid "The gpo" rather than Micheal wouldn't it

themadchef

Loons on every corner.

Cypher_sounds

danniemcq wrote: »

i think this is a really nice story,

it was thanks to facebook that the revolution was so succesful in Egypt and they are closer to proper democracy.

how many Irish are called Michael after Michael Collins?

If thats your logic, then they should have named her 'Mark';)

ejmaztec

My son Pancake thought it was amusing.

CreepingDeath

rebel10 wrote: »

An Egyptian man has named his baby daughter "Facebook".

Probably looking for sponsorship deals.

im invisible

ejmaztec wrote: »

My son Pancake thought it was amusing.

born on a tuesday, was he?

**Timbuk2**

Saila wrote: »

Timbuk2

Tombouctou?

Dangerous Man

danniemcq wrote: »

i think this is a really nice story,

it was thanks to facebook that the revolution was so succesful in Egypt and they are closer to proper democracy.

how many Irish are called Michael after Michael Collins?

Then why not just call her 'Justice' or 'Hope?' 'Facebook.' Thanks da - I'm sure she's going to love explaining that one every day of the week for the rest of her life. Imagine it twenty years from now when she's down the dole office.

"Facebook hacken-de-hacken-911?"
"That's me."
"Facebook? What's that?"
"My da was an idiot; there was thing on the internet a few years ag..."
"The inter-what?"
"Internet - it was this thing where people could share information and stuff. Anyway, there was this site..."
"Site?"
"...yes, a site was a type of virtual location where information was posted by users. Anyway, one of these sites was created by a guy called Zuckerberg..."
"YOU'RE NAMED AFTER A JEW???"
"No! The site helped people communicate, sort of. It was important for Egypt where it was used to help garner support for a popular uprising which led to the downfall of Mubarak."
"I see - so it was a tool used by political activists?"
"...whatever... just fuck off"
"Have you been looking for work?"
"Yeah."

bryaner

What's the big deal I called my young lad Boards..

col.in.Cr

Well at least its not as lazy as naming your kid "Aaron"

amacca

could be worse

could have called her bookface (for make benefit of glorious free nation of egypt)

Forest Master

holystungun9 wrote: »

yes, these are my kids......facebook, d1ckface d1ckbook and faced!ck

You forgot thanksfail.

Angron

Facebook; Helping you topple governments.

danniemcq

i think people on here are also missing a difference in culture here, its like the lebonese mother calling her child "Katusha" after the missles Hezbollah lauched against Israel few years back.

These people are calling their kids names with meaning and are proud of it,

better than people calling their irish kids Beyonce, Jordan, Britney etc. after whoever is in the charts or E news

galwayrush

themadchef wrote: »

Loons on every corner.

Loons are good, this is way beyond that.:pac::pac:

OutlawPete

You can hear the slagging she'll get now:

"Hey, how much to book your face?"

"Is it true millions of people get on you everyday hoping for a poke ?".

My name is URL

The only thing more bizarre than naming a child Facebook is that it is deemed newsworthy

HoneyRyder

rebel10 wrote: »

An Egyptian man has named his baby daughter "Facebook"

Honey Ryder likes this.

amacca

danniemcq wrote: »

i think people on here are also missing a difference in culture here, its like the lebonese mother calling her child "Katusha" after the missles Hezbollah lauched against Israel few years back.

These people are calling their kids names with meaning and are proud of it,

better than people calling their irish kids Beyonce, Jordan, Britney etc. after whoever is in the charts or E news

Yes damn it where are our glorious revolutionaries, munitions and social networking tools responsible for toppling corrupt governments and foreign oppressors so that we may name our offspring after them.

are Beyonce, Britney and Westlife really all that stand out in our feeble minds when naming the young wans?

ejmaztec

amacca wrote: »

Yes damn it where are our glorious revolutionaries, munitions and social networking tools responsible for toppling corrupt governments and foreign oppressors so that we may name our offspring after them.

are Beyonce, Britney and Westlife really all that stand out in our feeble minds when naming the young wans?

I haven't heard of any Gagas yet, but there's bound to at least one somewhere.

Agent Smith

discus wrote: »

What he'd name her if the internet-aided revolution had failed!

bebo

Eric Cartman

baalthor wrote: »

Myspace would have been worse

youd only name a kid that if you were going to abort it

LETHAL LADY

I shall call my next bambino Imfecb due to the current historic happenings in Ireland.

TanG411

I've just created a new Facebook account.

I should give up on life, right now.

amacca

ejmaztec wrote: »

I haven't heard of any Gagas yet, but there's bound to at least one somewhere.

I'm sure there are lots of Rihannas too

not to mention Tinchy Stryder Malone

and Lil Wayne O'Shea

and of course Freestyla Lynch

CarrickMcJoe

If it was a boy he was going to call him "Youtube"!

stoneill

Failblog was the alternative name if things turned out differently.

rebel10

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

If it was a boy he was going to call him "Youtube"!

Hotmail would probably be more appropriate for that one!;)

SIX PACK

I heard of the name "Cocksucker" but not sure if its official :rolleyes:

Doug89

There's Lady Gaga knocking round Tralee.

ejmaztec wrote: »

I haven't heard of any Gagas yet, but there's bound to at least one somewhere.