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The number of babies named after Apple products has soared - Apple, Siri and Mac have all risen in popularity as baby names this year, according to parenting advice site BabyCenter's annual report.

根据育儿网站BabyCenter的一项年度调查显示，以苹果公司产品为名的宝宝数量正在飙升，Apple, Siri 还有Mac 这些新生儿名字正变得越来越主流。

Parents seem to be looking in an unusual place for inspiration for baby names this year - their smartphones and iPads.

今年家长们似乎一直在一个非同寻常的领域寻找起名的灵感：他们的智能手机还有苹果产品iPad。

Siri - the name of the 'personal assistant' app on iPhone - has risen 5% in popularity, and the name Apple has leapt 585 places up BabyCenter's chart this year.

以苹果手机的语音个人助理Siri 给宝宝取名人气增长了5%，而Apple这个名字在今年的BabyCenter榜单上跃升585个名次。

The huge success of iPhone and iPad seem to be behind the new trend - BabyCenter describes the youngsters as 'iBabies'.

BabyCenter网站将这个现象取名为”iBabies”，这与苹果iPhone手机与平板电脑iPad的巨大成功密不可分。

"The smart phone may just be the best parenting tool since diapers, and some moms and dads are paying homage to industry leader Apple in their choice of baby names," says Linda Murray, the site's global editor in chief.

“智能手机可能是即尿布之后最好的育儿工具，一些爸爸妈妈则是以给孩子取名的方式向这类产业的领导者苹果公司致敬。”网站的主编琳达-莫雷这样解释道。

"The moniker Apple, though still an unusual choice, rose 15% for girls, vaulting a whopping 585 spots."

“尽管以Apple作名字的情况还是比较少见，但是在女孩名字中比例依然上升了15%，跃升了585位。”

"For boys, the name Mac jumped 12%. And parents sure like the sound of Siri: The company's voice-enabled personal assistant climbed 5% on the list of girl names."

“对男孩来说，Mac这个名字的使用率上升了12%。而家长们也一定非常喜欢Siri 这个名字的发音：苹果公司的语音私人助手应用在女孩名字榜中攀升了5%的名次。”

Space-themed baby names - perhaps inspired by the publicity around NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover - also rose in popularity.

以太空名词为名的宝宝姓名使用率也在上升，这也许是受到NASA火星探测器“好奇号”的影响。

"It seems space was a huge naming inspiration for parents this year: Sky, Star, Luna, Skylar, Heaven, Stella, and Mars all flew higher than last year. BabyCenter moms aren’t alone; celebrities like Uma Thurman – who named her daughter Luna – are looking to the sky as well," says Murray.

莫雷女士表示：“太空名词在今年对家长来说也是灵感的源泉：Sky、Star、Luna、Skylar、Heaven、Stella还有Mars都较去年有所上升。这并不是BabyCenter网站上的妈妈们特有的喜好，影视明星乌玛-瑟曼同样从太空寻找灵感，为她的女儿取名为Luna。”