Egyptian+Baby+Turns+into+the+Internet

Well, not literally.

According to [|Al-Ahram], ﻿(an Egyptian newspaper), an Egyptian man Jamal Ibrahim named his newborn daughter "Facebook" to honor the social media  platform's role Egypts revolution. Her full name is Facebook Jamal Ibrahim. According to CNN Ibrahim chose the name "to express his joy at the achievements made by the January 25 youth." You can read a translation of the article on Tech Crunch.

Google executive Wael Ghonim created the Facebook page that was used to organize the initial January 25th protest held in Tahirir Square, Cario. While Facebook became a powerful organizational tool, Twitter and YouTube were used to share photos, videos, and news with the world in (so close to) real time. Twitter tags like #Jan25, #Egypt,, Tahrir, etc. aided correspondence and coordination among protestors. They were also allowed the rest of the world (with internet access) to follow news tweeted by protestors, professional and citizen journalists alike.

Read about when the Egyptian government cut off internet access and cell phone service here. I also suggest reading the Wikipedia page.

Naming is cultural--I know a lot of people named after saints, and now a little girl is named after a website a few Harvard students launched from their dorm rooms in 2004. What does this say about cultures in 2011? Ideologies? Does this mean we're in the future? Would you name your baby "Google"?