Report: Mom named baby daughter ‘Hashtag’

Cute kid, but she had better prepare for a rough childhood.

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According to a Facebook post from last Saturday night—first spotted by The Daily Dot—a mother named her newborn daughter Hashtag, presumably after the word or statement attached to a tweet.

Here’s the Facebook update verbatim:

“Hashtag Jameson was born at 10 oclock last nite. She weys 8pounds and i luv her so much!!!!!!”

She’s a cute kid, but if her name is truly Hashtag, she may have to endure a childhood of ridicule—it’s sort of like a social media-era “A Boy Named Sue.”

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