But, by far, the most disappointed parents in New Zealand are the ones who tried to give their children regal-sounding names: Prince, King, and Royal were the most commonly rejected names in The parents changed the name voluntarily.
Officials in Sonora, Mexico released a list of names that were rejected by the government because they could lead to bullying, and these three were on it. But who would have the guts to bully Robocop? What was once the most popular name in the United States is forbidden in Saudi Arabia.
Maya, Emir, Yara, and Laureen were also on the list. Portugal also forbids non-Portuguese names, and it has an page list of names that have been banned. Thor, Nirvana and Paris are included on the list. Also in Malaysia, in addition to animal names, they frown upon other natural names, like names that come from fruits or flowers — something that's actually a huge trend in the United States. Italians, in fact. When parents in the country named their son Venerdi, the Italian word for "Friday," the courts ruled that it fell into the "ridiculous or shameful" category of names and ordered it changed.
In Denmark, parents get a choice from a list of about 7, pre-approved names, or else they have to request permission. Molli was initially rejected because of its unusual spelling, Monkey because I was an animal and not a name.
The country also rejected Anus, for obvious reasons. In , a New Zealand family court took custody of a 9-year-old girl named Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii so that her name could be changed. Twitter, Yahoo and Email were also on the list. Other countries appear to allow the name Facebook, however. In a opinion piece, San Francisco Chronicle writer Louis Freedberg lamented a California policy barring accent marks in birth name records.
German authorities prohibited a Turkish couple living in Cologne from naming their baby son Osama Bin Laden in In the same vein, Germany has traditionally not allowed parents to name their children Adolf Hitler. In this case, the father reportedly relented in the end and chose a different name. The country has since loosened its naming laws a bit. Although authorities in New Zealand received 28 requests between and from parents wanting to name their children Princess, the country rejected this name because it is an official title.
A few cases of parents in France wanting to name their babies Jihad have made headlines in recent years. In late , a court in Dijon ruled against a mother who wanted to name her son Jihad, but she was allowed to call him Jahid instead.
A similar case in Toulouse earlier that year led to the same outcome, as did another one in the northern city of Roubaix back in The foreign origin criterion seems to be the case for Linda, one of the more Western-sounding names on the list.
Both Hermione and Harry Potter appeared on the forbidden names list in Sonora, Mexico, which apparently considers Wizarding World-themed monikers potential grounds for bullying. Just north of the border in the U. As a name, Nigel has been unpopular for many years. In it dropped out of the rankings completely, but was back again in only to drop out again last year.
Subscription Notification. We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. Please update your billing details here. Because the name stands for the personification of evil, the Association for the German Language GfdS considers it problematic and not appropriate. While there are no laws about what parents can name their children in Germany, parents cannot name them anything they want to. The registrar has to approve every name to go on a baby's birth certificate.
If she is unsure, she can consult with the GfdS or, if she considers a name inappropriate and the parents won't budge, go to court — all to prevent boys and girls from growing up with names that open them up to ridicule later in life.
Most parents in Germany decide on more conventional names for their children. The GfdS collects records of hundreds of registry offices across the country each year to compile a list of the most popular names. The most popular names for girls born in were Marie, Sophie and Sophia.
For boys, the top three were Elias, Alexander and Maximilian. More unusual names that were approved in include Fips and Twain, as in Mark. In previous years, parents were allowed to name their children Gandalf, Godsgift or Kastanie German for "chestnut" , for example. Moms and dads who wanted to go with Vespa, Westend or Dracula, on the other hand, were refused and had to go back to the drawing board.
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