LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — It’s a challenge all prospective parents face — picking out the right name for their child.
One enterprising Los Angeles mother-to-be is outsourcing the big decision, but she’s also getting some flak for it.
26-year-old Natasha Hill is due in September.
She won a contest through the website Belly Ballot, a company that allows family and friends to help select your baby’s name.
Only Natasha is being paid $5,000 to let complete strangers make the choice for her.
The final list of names will be posted online on March 18.
Users worldwide will be able to choose one girl name and one boy name each from the list of names provided until March 22 when voting closes.
The name with the most votes for each gender will be the name of Natasha’s new baby.
51 Comments to “Mom-to-Be Selling Rights to Name Baby for $5K”
February 28, 2013 at 7:25 AM
Oh, come on. How much of a challenge can it be to find the right name that suits your offspring? This is like totally ridiculous. I would think part of the joy of having a baby is to find a proper name that fits the personality of the child.
February 28, 2013 at 7:35 AM
What a horrible way to make money…..this woman should be ashamed!
February 28, 2013 at 8:06 AM
I'm voting for "Mymomsanidiot".
February 28, 2013 at 8:50 PM
I second the vote!
February 28, 2013 at 8:27 AM
If an Al Qaeda member wins, she will be Osama Bin Laden Hill. This is not right… poor baby.
February 28, 2013 at 9:14 AM
She doesn't know what the baby's name will be. What are the odds she doesn't know who the father is either?
February 28, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Obviously she is not a very creative person. Cannot name her own kid?
February 28, 2013 at 12:30 PM
Hey Natasha, what happens if Foolonthe wins?
February 28, 2013 at 2:23 PM
For a boy…Brock Ollie….For a girl..Culla Flower
February 28, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Hill eh? How about Billy, Boot, Foot, Mole, Down, Up, or C.
February 28, 2013 at 2:38 PM
I wish little baby Geico luck.
February 28, 2013 at 3:06 PM
I take it there is no Daddy for the unborn child?
February 28, 2013 at 3:13 PM
I will bid on this and name the baby Exploited.
February 28, 2013 at 3:54 PM
I want to name the baby: "My mother is Stupid"
February 28, 2013 at 4:31 PM
Obama should send her 5k of the taxpayers money in exchange for her naming the baby Stimulus.
February 28, 2013 at 5:39 PM
Wilhelmina? Herkimer? Ermingard? Heliotrope? Fauntleroy? (Need boxing lessons for this one!) Hortensia? St. John (Pronounced "Sinjun.") The list is endless. I could really make a contribution here!
February 28, 2013 at 7:41 PM
Mud
February 28, 2013 at 9:11 PM
The mom should be selling the right to re-name herself. Make the mom take whatever goofy name is voted on. Leave the baby out of it.
February 28, 2013 at 9:22 PM
Maybe a corporation could buy the name. Name it Ford, Sears, or Walmart.
February 28, 2013 at 9:48 PM
How do you do, my name is Sue…..
March 1, 2013 at 12:15 AM
Thats one hell of a cocaine problem.
March 1, 2013 at 3:33 AM
Really, how big is the risk:
"Users worldwide will be able to choose one girl name and one boy name each FROM THE LIST OF NAMES PROVIDED until March 22 when voting closes." The question then becomes: what names are on the LIST. It probably end as JOHN for a boy and JOHANNA for a girl. It is all hype. Hell, for $5000.00 I would change my name. (From a list, of course.)
March 1, 2013 at 5:59 AM
Worldwide voting? My guess for boy’s name is Muhammed.
March 1, 2013 at 5:40 AM
Thank goodness it's legal to change your name.
March 1, 2013 at 6:25 AM
here's a few
Bonoboniqua
Chimpagne
Mon'Quisha
Shi'thead ( pron, shy-theed)
Effluvia
Ezelayforya
&
courtney
March 1, 2013 at 7:43 AM
Here's the only right one: "Mymoronmom"
March 1, 2013 at 9:22 AM
How much is she really going to care about that baby, if she's willing to sell the rights to name her/him, to a stranger? This is another example of the continuing moral and ethical slide downward of the U.S.