It is said that a person’s name is his most prized possession. That is correct. From a young age, we are taught our names. Newborns’ beautiful blabbering is one of the things that makes them so adorable because they don’t know how to speak yet!

When a newborn can put two syllables together that sound like a word, it’s a milestone that parents write in their baby’s journal or SMS to grandparents. And, if they’re lucky, the moment will be recorded on video for posterity.

When an infant manages to combine two syllables that sound like a word, it’s the kind of thing that parents record in their baby’s journal or send to grandparents. And if they’re lucky, the moment is captured on tape for posterity.

Eela is an adorable 11-week-old infant who is suspected of repeating her mother’s name as she was saying it to her. This is an exciting event for the mother since the baby’s first words are almost as important as a person’s last word, despite the fact that, according to The Atlantic, first words are not normally included in a person’s history record.

Two researchers created a database of words that parents have heard their children utter. The database is called Wordbank, and it demonstrates that early words are usually highly particular topics that the newborn is familiar with.

According to those who created the Wordbank, “the ten most common first words in American English, in order, are mommy, daddy, ball, bye, hi, no, dog, baby, woof woof, and banana.”

Children’s first words are spoken because they desire to interact and socialize with their family. They want to talk to their parents and caregivers.

utterances are only a minor component of social interactions, and a baby’s first utterances may not be words at all, but rather an attempt to join in conversation.

Check out the video below to see for yourself if Eela indeed said her name.