Democrat Barack Obama's victory at the polls this past Tuesday has sparked an interesting new trend in baby names. Already several children born in Kenya, where Obama's father and family hail from, and the United states have been named after the president-elect.

Several mothers at the Nyanza Provincial General Hospital in Kisumu, western Kenya were naming their new babies after the United States' first African-American president. They told reporters that they wanted their children to grow up to have the same successful traits as Obama. Another mother named her baby after the soon-to-be first lady, Michelle Obama.

Barack Obama has become some what of a celebrity in his ancestral homeland, where "Obama:The Musical" opened last weekend, and a beer, "Senator" was named after him.

But the new baby name trend isn't just limited to the east African nation. Patrick and Sasha Hall of South Florida were reported on Wednesday to be amongst the first since the election to name their child "Obama".

The name "Barack" means "Blessed", and "Obama" was the given name of his great-grandfather that became his grandfather's surname.

Obama was born in Hawaii to a white mother from Kansas, and a Kenya father. It is said that he is idolized by Africans much in the same way that the Irish did President John F. Kennedy in the 60's, as a symbol of one of their own who succeeded beyond expectation.