Israeli Couple Names Their Baby Girl “Like”

Back in February, the world raised an eyebrow as Egyptian Jamal Ibrahim named his newborn daughter "Facebook", as a tribute to the role Facebook played in the revolution in Egypt. Now, Israeli couple Lior and Vardit Adler have jumped on the Facebook-inspired baby names bandwagon, naming their baby "Like".

Back in February, the world raised an eyebrow as Egyptian Jamal Ibrahim named his newborn daughter “Facebook”, as a tribute to the role Facebook played in the revolution in Egypt.  Now, Israeli couple Lior and Vardit Adler have jumped on the Facebook-inspired baby names bandwagon, naming their baby “Like”.

Think “Like” is a strange name for a baby?  That’s sort of what the couple was going for.  According to Israeli news source Galgalatz, GLZ.co.il, (translated from Hebrew), Lior Adler stressed that it was important for him to give his daughter a name that was unique and that was one-of-a-kind, at least in Israel. 

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