--- ---  # Couple Asks Internet to Name Their Baby, Somehow Doesn't End Up With Child Called "Kids'R'Gross" by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 21, 2014 3:46 PM UTC  Baby girl (2-5 months) sleeping in bed Baby girl (2-5 months) sleeping in bedGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 21, 2014 3:46 PM UTC A few months back, a couple decided to [turn to the Internet to name their baby](http://time.com/738/this-should-end-well-couple-asks-the-internet-to-name-their-new-baby/). Their reasoning was never really clear, but their motivation probably fell somewhere on the spectrum between “Why the hell not?” and “Yeah, we’re bored so let’s just do this.” So they set up [NameMyDaughter.com](http://www.namemydaughter.com/?ama=1) and then casually placed the link [on Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/casualiama/comments/1uyzb9/iama%5Fcrazy%5Fman%5Ftrying%5Fto%5Flet%5Fthe%5Finternet%5Fname%5Fmy/), inviting the online community to submit their ideas and ultimately vote for the winning moniker. Naturally, things escalated quickly. Sure, names like Leslie and Renee were thrown into the mix, but Megatron, Not Zelda, Salad and Streetlamp also topped the list. (Does that surprise anyone? Please raise your hand if that surprises you at all.) The baby was born this month and the results are in. Her name is **Amelia Savannah Joy McLaughlin**, which is a real name, fit for a real human! _This_ part is surprising. To be fair, the father clarified that he and his wife would make the final decision, so it’s possible that Amelia wasn’t the true winner in the poll and they simply chose it over “Salad” because they’re not monsters. ([h/t Betabeat)](http://betabeat.com/2014/01/insane-couple-asks-reddit-to-name-its-unborn-baby-girl/) Baby Girl Born to Couple Who Asked Reddit to Name Her ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/70292/internet-names-couples-baby/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/70292/internet-names-couples-baby/"},"headline":"Couple Asks Internet to Name Their Baby, Somehow Doesn't End Up With Child Called \"Kids'R'Gross\"","datePublished":"2014-04-21T15:46:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:57.258Z","description":"They also could have been forced to name her \"Cthulu All-Spark\" or \"Not Zelda\"","url":"https://time.com/70292/internet-names-couples-baby/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Babies","reddit","baby names"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb5d4285aa8bdd6c/69868b9fe8524bba876027d2/485221781.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb5d4285aa8bdd6c/69868b9fe8524bba876027d2/485221781.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"485221781.jpg","caption":"Baby girl","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/70292/internet-names-couples-baby/","name":"Couple Asks Internet to Name Their Baby, Somehow Doesn't End Up With Child Called \"Kids'R'Gross\""}}]}] ```