Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has faced a wave of online backlash after announcing the birth of his third child, a daughter named Savithri. The criticism followed a celebratory social media post in which Ramaswamy shared a family photograph from hospital, introducing the newborn by name and thanking supporters for their messages and prayers.
Savithri was born on 4 February 2026 to Ramaswamy and his wife, Apoorva. The post showed the couple’s two young sons standing beside their parents, smiling as they welcomed their sister. While many replies offered congratulations, a section of users focused sharply on the baby’s name, questioning its “American-ness” and criticising it as foreign or difficult to pronounce.
