Is It Crazy For Parents To Choose A Unique Baby Name Just For The Twitter Handle?

When it comes to Twitter handles, @JohnSmith and @JaneSmith are obviously taken. So if you’re a brand new parent-to-be and you’re stuck with the common surname “Smith”, you’ve got to get pretty creative with your baby’s first name if you want him or her to grow up with a unique social footprint. But is that really something you should be thinking about between Lamaze classes?

The New York Times wrote a piece this weekend about several parents who obsessed over the Google results of their baby’s future name before deciding on “Kaleya” over “Kalia” or “Chloe” over “Zoe”.

They wanted unique names that didn’t have any negative associations online – no “same name” serial killers or sleazy types.

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