Egyptian Man Names Daughter Facebook After The Egyptian Protests

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A few weeks ago, we saw shocking images out of Egypt as people took to the streets to both protest and support (though mostly protest) the reign of long-time Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Twitter and Facebook played a big role in the protests, and I’ve even some call them the “Twitter revolution” or somesuch. Now, to honor Facebook, one Egyptian man has named his daughter, “Facebook” after the social networking service.

Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram is reporting that 20-year-old Jamal Ibrahim is going to name his new baby daughter Facebook Ibrahim. No word on what Ms. Ibrahim thinks about this. Al-Ahram wrote about this:

The girl’s family, friends, and neighbors in the Ibrahimya region gathered around the new born to express their continuing support for the revolution that started on Facebook. ‘Facebook’ received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name-a name that shocked the entire world.

About 5 million of Egypt’s 97 million people have activate Facebook accounts. Early during the protests, President Mubarak “shut off” the country’s internet connections to the outside world, which surely backfired on the regime.

In what’s definitely a sign of the times, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces – the military junta currently ruling Egypt in the transition from Mubarak, has set up a Facebook page to further communication between the people of Egypt and the government.

No reports yet on anybody naming their child “Twitter,” though as PC Magazine pointed out in their coverage of this event, a kid named “Quora” would be kinda awesome.

Would TFTS make a good first name? Hmmmm…