The new baby name trend parents are obsessed with – is it the craziest yet?
Choosing baby names is no easy feat. Generally, parents must come to a mutual agreement on what to name their child, and then there are factors such as spelling, pronunciation and whether it suits the surname to consider. But amongst the millennial generation, there is now a major deciding factor added to the mix, and that’s if the name has an available domain (website) name.
While you may be left confused and wondering who in their right mind would worry about something so trivial, a new survey of 2000 mums and dads who are millennial age have claimed that having an available domain name for their child is crucial when choosing their child’s name.
According to research, which was conducted by GoDaddy – a web hosting and domain registration company – one in five (20 per cent) of millennial parents have said that they would choose their baby's name in accordance to what domain names were available at the time.
Out of that 20 per cent, three in four people had actually “changed the top contenders for their baby’s name based on the availability of that domain name".
Further studies revealed that there is a difference in mentalities between Generation X and millennials. With 48 per cent of millennials wanting their child to build an online presence early in their lifetime compared to only 27 per cent of Gen X who shared the same sentiments.
Amongst the millennials, 38 per cent claimed that they’ve created or are considering creating a website for their kids, which is a greater amount than the 20 per cent of Gen X who felt the same.
Top 3 reasons why parents purchased their child’s domain name before birth:
- Wanted to reserve a name for future use – 45 per cent
- To use as a digital baby book – 42 per cent
- To use as a tool to teach kids how to use the internet – 42 per cent
Top 3 reasons parents plan to purchase domain names in the future:
- To reserve their name for future use – 54 per cent
- To use as a tool to teach kids how to use the internet – 46 per cent
- Think it’s important for their child to own their name online – 41 per cent
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