Hospital: Obama-named baby first of many

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Officials at a Florida hospital said they expect a baby born election night to be only the first of many named after President-elect Barack Obama.

Marla Oxenhandler, spokeswoman for the Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, said Sanjae Obama Fisher was born at about 8 p.m. Tuesday to Patrick and Sasha Hall Fisher, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Thursday.

Oxenhandler said Sasha Hall Fisher's labor was over before the election was called in Obama's favor, but the parents had already settled on the then-candidate's last name as a middle name for their child.

Hospital officials said they expect Obama's election to the nation's highest office to kick start a boom of babies bearing the next president's name.