A few thoughts about this:
1. The poor girl.
2. The Facebook crowd is already on the ropes, as evidenced by Islamic supremacist Sheikh Qaradawi addressing a huge crowd in Tahrir Square the other day while his men barred Google Leftist Wagdi Ghonim from the stage. Maybe the girl would have been better off being named “Qaradawi.”
3. This sort of thing has happened before in Egypt. Remember Hitler Tantawi.
“Egyptian Man Names Daughter ‘Facebook,'” by Mathew Luschek for NBC Bay Area, February 21 (thanks to Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi):
[…] Inspired by the role Facebook played in the recent protests and ultimate overthrow of Egypt’s president, the twenty-something year-old man felt a need express his thanks, and and did-so by naming his newborn girl “Facebook.”
TechMeme translates the snippet from Al-Ahram (one of the most popular newspapers in Egypt):
A young man in his twenties wanted to express his gratitude about the victories the youth of 25th of January have achieved and chose to express it in the form of naming his firstborn girl “Facebook” Jamal Ibrahim (his name.) The girl’s family, friends, and neighbors in the Ibrahimya region gathered around the new born to express their continuing support for the revolution that started on Facebook. “Facebook” received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name. A name [Facebook] that shocked the entire world….