The web designer introduced his newborn baby and his name - HTML to the world on Facebook.
Newborn baby named HTML
A Philippines web designer has in respect for his profession, named his son HTML.
In a Facebook post, the newborn was introduced as Hypertext Mark-up Language Rayo Pascual - or HTML for short
The child's father Mac Pascual, a web developer, reportedly chose the unusual name as a tribute to his profession.
He told local news site inquirer.net that uncommon names run in his
family, explaining that his own name is short for Macaroni 85.
He said that one of his sisters' official names was Spaghetti 88
and claimed her two children are called Cheese Pimiento and Parmesan
Cheese, though they go by Chippy and Peewee for short.
Inquirer.net reported that HTML was born healthy, weighing 2.25
kilograms (4.9 pounds) at the Bulacan Medical Mission Group Cooperative
Hospital, about an hour's drive north of the capital, Manila.
His mum, Salie Rayo Pascual, told the website that she is delighted
to welcome her child and said relatives were pleased with the choice of
name.
HTML's aunt, Sincerely Pascual - full name Sincerely Yours Pascual -
shared a snap of the newest addition to her family on Facebook,
writing: 'Welcome to the world HTML.'
The post has been shared more than 8,978 times and inspired numerous jokes from social media users.
'[That baby] will grow up to hack the Pentagon. It's in his name,' one comment reads.
Several users suggested some computer-based names for any future
children: 'Results-based management system', 'JavaScript' or 'Cascading
Style Sheets (CSS)'.
'In the future, he could be targeted by bullies and ridiculed,' one user wrote.
'Parents should be sensible and responsible in naming their
child... it's child's lifetime and identity and why make her/him suffer
for obvious reasons... it's not actually a human name!,' another
commented.
A third Facebook user said: 'If I were that child, I'd sue my parents one day.'
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