Lucian Yahoo Dragoman
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In January 2005, Romania
n newspaper Libertatea
reported the birth of Lucian Yahoo Dragoman, supposedly named after the web portal
Yahoo
. The story spread briefly on the Internet
, but was quickly found to have been fabricated by a reporter.
According to the article, Lucian Yahoo was born December 2004 in Mediaş
, Romania
. His parents, Nonu and Cornelia Dragoman, supposedly met online, and had a virtual relationship for three months before meeting in person. The story quoted the mother as saying: "We named him Lucian Yahoo, one name after my father and the other from the computer. These were the two elements which guided my life."While people have legally changed their names to that of a business, this story was presumed to be the first person named at birth after a highly identifiable product or service.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n newspaper Libertatea
Libertatea
Libertatea is a Romanian tabloid newspaper published in Bucharest. Libertatea was the first newspaper that appeared after Romanian Revolution, the first edition was in 22 December 1989 at midday, first newspaper announcing the people the fact the president dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu fled the...
reported the birth of Lucian Yahoo Dragoman, supposedly named after the web portal
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
Yahoo
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
. The story spread briefly on the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, but was quickly found to have been fabricated by a reporter.
According to the article, Lucian Yahoo was born December 2004 in Mediaş
Medias
Mediaș is the second largest city in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.-Geographic location:Mediaș is located in the middle basin of Târnava Mare River, at 39 km from Sighișoara and 41 km from Blaj. The health resort Bazna, officially recognized for the first time in 1302, is...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. His parents, Nonu and Cornelia Dragoman, supposedly met online, and had a virtual relationship for three months before meeting in person. The story quoted the mother as saying: "We named him Lucian Yahoo, one name after my father and the other from the computer. These were the two elements which guided my life."While people have legally changed their names to that of a business, this story was presumed to be the first person named at birth after a highly identifiable product or service.