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Saturday, December 27, 2003

ajc.com | Living | Brand babies: "Anitria Akins of Atlanta had always wanted a Lexus, and now she'll always have one. She named her 9-year-old daughter A'lexus after the popular car.

'There were so many 'Alexises' out there, and I wanted something different,' says Akins, a U.S. Postal Service supervisor. 'I thought about naming her just 'Lexus,' but I wanted something that started with an A.'

Plenty of other people have been having the same idea. In 2000, there were 1,263 girls named Alexus whose parents registered them for Social Security numbers. There were also 553 girls named Lexus, Lexxus, Lexis or Lexxis.

They're part of a growing trend toward naming children after products -- brand-name babies."
-- posted by Jason at 8:35 PM