Yahoo's Mayer crowdsources suggestions for baby's name

02.10.2012

The yet-to-be-named baby's short life has already been a buzz on Twitter. The news of his birth was broken on Twitter via Mayer's husband, Zachary Bogue, Sunday night.

The Twitter-sphere has been fairly quiet as to suggested names for Mayer's son. Douglas and Michael (Mickey for short) were offered up and, unsurprisingly, @nameberry, a baby-naming website, offered up its services to Mayer's family. Until a name is chosen, the newborn seems to be being commonly referred to on Twitter as "Baby Boy Bogue," a reference to the father's name.

Mayer ascended to the top job at Yahoo in July after a 13-year career at Google. She has vowed to return to work at the struggling Web giant within one to two weeks of having her baby. First though, apparently she's working on a name for her son.

Network World staff writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing and social collaboration. He can be reached at BButler@nww.com and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW.

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