Parents Name Their Baby Google, Get Google Swag

Including, of course, a Google onesie
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 15, 2019 7:58 PM CDT
Baby Named Google Gets Google Goodie Bag
This Tuesday, July 19, 2016, file photo shows the Google logo at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

A baby born in November on the Indonesian island of Java was named Google, and after the story went viral, the Indonesian branch of the tech giant recently sent the family a bag of Google swag, Asia One reports. "Google Indonesia called us," the baby boy's mom says. "They expressed congratulations and wished that baby Google could grow up to be a helpful and useful person to many others." Included in the goodie bag was a onesie featuring the Google logo; see a picture of the baby wearing it here. The Jakarta Post reported last month that the parents chose the name hoping it would inspire their second child " to become as all-knowing as the ubiquitous search engine itself." (Read more Google stories.)

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