…and thy name shalt be Google – baby named after famous search engine

October 18th, 2005 * Comments(2)

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The Swedish edition of IDG writes about PhD in search engine marketing Elias Kai in the town Kalmar of southern Sweden who named his son “Oliver Christian Google Kai”.

The father, Elias Kai, says that his wife had no problem with naming her son after the search engine, and Elias also got the question if he’ll name his next baby “Yahoo!”if it’s a boy or “Altavista” if it’s a girl, but as a self-proclaimed fan of Google, Elias says “no way” and that he’ll considerate names such as “Giggol, Gaggol eller Boogol” instead.

So, what does Google have to say about this? Well, Google’s European vice president Nikesh Arora held a presentation during London Ad Tech in September, and Elias Kai got to speak at the podium and tell the audience that he’ll name his son “Google”. The audience laughed and no-one thought that Elias actually was serious in naming his son Google, though he was.

Perhaps Elias Kai should’ve taken the 200 people strong audience’ reaction more serious and not name his son after a search engine?! I think so… Maybe his father thinks it’s cool to name his son after his favourite cult-object, but I doubt that the father considered the problems that his son will get in the future with such a name, everything from bullying in school to problems at misc. tasks of life – such as applying for a job, applying for a job etc.

I don’t want to paint it all black, but come on…

Google Kai has his own site at http://www.google-kai.com and of course his own blog at http://googlekai.blogspot.com

Though, regardless of anything else, no-one can deny that Google Kai is a cute baby boy, and I am sure that everyone who reads this post will wish him and his family all the luck in the world in his life!!! :)

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2 Comments so far

  1. Google KAI @ October 18th, 2005

    Thanks…. He can change his name anytime he wish according to the swedish law.

    Thanks for going deeper in any comment.

  2. admin @ October 18th, 2005

    Yes he can, which is a good thing IF he isn’t happy with his name – yet one’s name is a deep part of one’s identity and quite a sensitive matter.

    Nonetheless: I hope the little one is doing fine and does what he should: eat and sleep! :p

    PS. Imagine if he reads this in 15 years, would be quite the time machine! :)

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