Baby name inspiration ... Air Force One at Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Picture: AFP/Saul Loeb Source: AFP

Already there are numerous young Barack Obamas living in Kogelo, the president’s ancestral village, but soon after Obama touched down on Friday night two mothers in the western city of Kisumu took the unusual decision to name their sons after the president’s jet, Air Force One.

“I have decided to call my baby AirForceOne Barack Obama so that we can all remember Obama’s visit to Kenya because it is a huge blessing,” said Lucy Akinyi Okoth, one of the mothers.

Timing ... two mothers in the western city of Kisumu took the unusual decision to name their sons after the US president’s jet, Air Force One. Picture: AP Photo/Ben Curtis Source: AP

Another, Lucy Atieno, decided to simply call her boy AirForce One.

“I have been told that it is the best aeroplane because it carries a very powerful leader of America who is also a Kenyan,” she said.

The two Air Force Ones were among eight children born on Friday night at Kisumu Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Referral Hospital and named after Mr Obama, said nurse Dolphin Akinyi.

“Yesterday from 8.30pm we had eight deliveries and all the babies are in a very stable condition,” she said.

Touchdown ... US President Barack Obama heralded Africa as a continent ‘on the move’ as he visited Kenya. Picture: AP Photo/Ben Curtis Source: AP

Family ties ... US President Barack Obama (right) shakes hands with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta upon arrival in his father's homeland of Kenya. Picture: AFP/Saul Loeb Source: AFP

Three girls also each got an Obama-related name. One was named Michelle after the first lady, another was called Malia, after the couple’s eldest daughter, while a third was named Malia Sasha after the two Obama girls.

“I could not call my daughter any other name,” said Wilkister Anyango, who took both Mr Obama’s daughters’ names for her child.

So far there are no reports of children being named after Obama’s armoured limousine, popularly known as “The Beast”.

‘The Beast’ ... so far there are no reports of children being named after Obama’s armoured limousine. Source: Supplied

Mr Obama says he’s planning to spend more time with his Kenyan family after the end of his presidency.

“Given the job and the bubble, I can’t come here and just go upcountry and visit for a week and meet everybody,” Mr Obama said on Saturday, during a press conference in the Nairobi.

Mr Obama had visited the family of his late father Barack Obama senior, who died in a car accident in 1982, “in jeans and a backpack” in 1992.

He met his relatives in his father’s home village of Kogelo, near Lake Victoria, to introduce his fiance Michelle, whom he married in October of the same year.

The next time Mr Obama returned to Kogelo was as a US senator in 2006 as part of a six-nation tour of the continent.

Following ... children with painted faces reading ‘Obama is coming’ and ‘Raila is Baba’ at Kamukunji Grounds in Kibera, Nairobi. Picture: AFP/ Till Muellenmeister Source: AFP

“Once I am a private citizen, I will have more freedom to reconnect,” the president said.

He promised to return to Kenya with his wife and their daughters Malia and Sasha, saying he was also hoping to engage in philanthropic work in the East African nation.

“The next time I’m back, I may not be wearing a suit,” he said.

The previous evening, Mr Obama received dozens of family members, including his step-grandmother Sarah Obama and half-sister Auma Obama, for dinner in his Nairobi hotel.

“Mostly we were just catching up,” Obama said about the dinner.

“There was some more extended family who I had not met before.”

“There are cousins and uncles and aunties that you didn’t know existed but you are always happy to meet,” the US president added. “It was a wonderful time.”

A wonderful time ... US President Barack Obama sits alongside his step-grandmother, Mama Sarah (left) and half-sister Auma Obama during a family gathering in Nairobi. Picture: AFP/Saul Loeb Source: AFP