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Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy named newborn Bing

Poor newborn Bing. Little does he know - celebrity parents Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy is probably not the wisest - which now commands the same name as the search engine third most popular in the U.S. Bingham "Bing" Hawn Bellamy, born 7 pounds, 12 ounces on 9 July, "was released after 4.5 hours of intense pushing," proud papa Twitter Bellamy Thursday.


Bellamy also revealed the real reason the couple gave the common name of his newborn son. "For those wondering, Bingham is the maiden name of my mother and father Bing Russell Kurt. Connections for the whole family!" He wrote.

Connecting the family or not, little Bing may suffer years of mockery in his teens to Microsoft's search market share gains Bing engine enough to get into the general consciousness.

But at least Bing will not be alone - perhaps going to make friends with Facebook Like, and Google.