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10 ILLEGAL BABY NAMES
Courtesy of: Yahoo! Lifestyle UK
1) Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii (New Zealand)
New Zealand law bans names which could cause offence to a ‘reasonable’ person. Good thing too – the country is a stupid name hotspot. We found a couple from the islands who tried and failed to call their son ’4Real’, but nothing beats the ridiculous moniker above. It belonged to a 9-year-old girl before a judge had her renamed during a custody battle. ‘It makes a fool of the child,’ he said. It certainly made application forms a pain in the butt.
Has New Zealand banned any other names? Oh yes. The judge listed some that were also blocked: Fish and Chips (twins), Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit. Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence were allowed. Make the jump for the rest of these strange names..
2) Venerdi AKA ‘Friday’ (Italy)
Maybe this is what the Pope was talking about. Back in 2008 a court banned an Italian couple from calling their child Venerdi (translation: Friday). The judges reckoned the name – taken from ‘Robinson Crusoe’ – would expose the boy to ‘mockery’ and was associated with ‘subservience and insecurity’. The parents, however, might have the last laugh; they threatened to call their next child Mercoledi (Wednesday).
Has Italy banned any other names? Italian courts can step in ‘when the child’s name is likely to limit social interaction and create insecurity’. In Turin, Andrea was rejected (and changed to Emma) as it’s a boy’s name in Italy. Dalmata has also been rejected, as it means Dalmatian.
3) Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (Sweden)
No, we didn’t fall asleep on the keyboard. That is an actual name a Swedish couple tried to inflict on their son back in 1996. Apparently the name is pronounced ‘Albin’ (we’re not sure how), and the parents chose it as a protest against Sweden’s admittedly strict naming laws. Tax authorities must give their blessing to both first and surnames before they can be used.
Has Sweden banned any other names? Oh yes. Some favourites include Metallica, IKEA, Veranda and Q. Google was OK though.
4) Gesher AKA ‘Bridge’ (Norway)
Back in 1998 those nasty Norwegians threw a woman in jail (admittedly for only two days) when she failed to pay a fine for giving her son an ‘unapproved’ name. Eccentric Kristi Larsen said she was instructed in a dream to name her son Gesher (Hebrew for ‘Bridge’), but the court were having none of it. Kristi did have 13 children already though, so maybe she had just run out of ideas.
Has Norway banned any other names? Undoubtedly, though in recent times they have replaced their list of officially sanctioned names with a general ban on monikers featuring swearing, sex and illnesses.
5) Chow Tow AKA ‘Smelly Head’ (Malaysia)
Unlike many countries which are gradually relaxing name laws, Malaysian authorities have cracked down on unsuitable titles in recent years. In 2006 government killjoys published a list of undesirable names that weren’t in keeping with the religious traditions of the country – such as Cantonese moniker Chow Tow – which means ‘Smelly Head’.
Has Malaysia banned any other names? Lots more Chinese efforts such as Ah Chwar (‘Snake’), Khiow Khoo (‘Hunchback’), Sor Chai (‘Insane’). Malays should also steer clear of Woti, which means ‘Sexual Intercourse’.
6) @ (China)
With more than a billion fellow countrymen, finding a unique name in China is difficult. Perhaps that’s why one couple called their baby the ‘@’ symbol – in Chinese characters it apparently looks a bit like ‘love him’. Bless. Unsurprisingly, however, the authorities were less sentimental and publicised the moniker as an example of citizens bringing bizarre names into the Chinese language.
Has China banned any other names? The police have control over all names given to children because they issue identity cards, but details of rejections are not widely circulated.
7) Miatt (Germany)
Country living up to stereotype alert! Surprise, surprise the Germans are somewhat officious when it comes to baby naming laws. Regulation-loving Deutschland has an entire department (the Standesamt) which decides if names are suitable. Miatt was rejected because it didn’t clearly show whether the child was a boy or a girl, but sometimes the decisions are somewhat arbitrary…
Has Germany banned any other names? The likes of Stompie, Woodstock and Grammophon were turned down, whereas the similarly strange Speedy, Lafayette and Jazz were allowed.
8) Anus (Denmark)
What is it about Scandinavian countries and name laws? The Danes are even tougher than the Swedes in this regard, with parents given 7,000-odd names to choose from by the government. Special permission is needed to deviate from the list, with ethnic names, odd spellings and even compound surnames forbidden. Luckily for him (we assume it’s a ‘he’), Anus was one of 250-odd names rejected each year.
Has Denmark banned any other names? Well, Pluto and Monkey had lucky escapes…
9) Ovnis (Portugal)
Before naming your child in Portugal, best consult the mammoth, 80-page government doc (and have it translated to English) that tells you which names you can and can’t use. It’s pretty strict (and random) – Tomás is OK but Tom isn’t – and celebs can forget about the likes of Apple and Brooklyn, which aren’t even on the banned list. Essex girls rejoice, however – Mercedes is allowed!
Has Portugal banned any other names? There are more than 2,000 names on the reject list, including Ovnis – Portuguese for UFO.
10) Akuma AKA Devil (Japan)
Here’s a name the Pope definitely wouldn’t approve of. In 1993 a Japanese parent called his son Akuma (which literally means Devil). The authorities decided this was an abuse of the parent’s rights to decide a child’s name and a lengthy court battle ensued. Eventually the father backed down and junior got a new, less demonic name.
Has Japan banned any other names? Lots. Names must use one of the 2,232 ‘name kanji’ characters decided by the government.
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Sometimes I wish we had an annual quota for names – after so many children were given a certain moniker, it was done for the year. When our eldest granddaughter graduated, I think every other girl in her class was named Nicole, Amanda, Brittany, or some combination. Parents need to remember this is a human being, not a pet or a toy, to be given a “clever” name. I went to school with a boy withthe last name of Wann. His parents named him Donald. Think about that for a moment.
At least Don Wann is a semi decent name. After all, legendary lover.
I don’t get parents who give their kids names like Apple. Brooklyn is fine for a girl. Can be shortened to Brook or Lyn.
Some names need to be banned because they do bother the child and make them the target of bullies.
sometimes we worry too much about kids feelings ALL kids get bullied yes even the bullies get bullied somewhere along the way, I think a little bullying and yes even a little fighting (by no means should a kid get beat up everyday) among kids is normal and builds character, as kids get older and mature the bullying stops (usually) by high school.the fighting stops sooner usually by 7th or 8th grade.(as a kid I was a bully at school but the neighborhood kids were generally older so i got bullied there, both sides of the fence on name calling too just look at my last name and see if you can figure that out lol) as far as the fighting it allows you to know what violence feels like without getting hurt too bad or killed and will more than likely make you think twice about fighting when you are older. the name calling teaches us not to be so “thinskinned” after all noone ever (in my day) got hurt because of being called a name. if we didnt go thru trials and tribulations like this as children how would we know how to handle the same situations as adults.
i probably screwed up some spelling and alot of punctuation but i dont care about that this is communication not english 101
Believe me, I wish I was making this up, but I’m not. This was back in the early 70s, while I was still in elementary school, and things were very different back then to say the least. But as I was saying, I went to school with a girl whose parents had named her ‘Pigg’. Not ‘Pig’, with just one ‘g’, but two. That way no one would ever make fun of her, right?
Well, you can pretty well imagine what kind of hell she faced in school on a daily basis. But I’m happy to say I never made fun of her (there were maybe 3 of us in the entire class) because I genuinely felt sorry for her. Her family moved away while she was still in elementary school, and I hope she went on to have a happy life. She probably legally changed her name once she was of age, and if there’s any justice in the world (and there isn’t) she slapped the living shit out of her shithead parents.
Like Al said, kids are gonna make fun of each other no matter what. As parents, we cannot prevent that from happening. What we CAN do is put all the chances on their sides to have an easy going childhood.
When I named my son, I had 3 criteria to make sure of that:
1- For the name NOT to be in the 10 most popular names the year before.
2- To be harmonious with his father’s last name.
3- That he would not constantly be asked to spell it.
Nicholas is not amazingly original but I never had any regrets and I am pretty sure that he will never resent me.
Can we also get a ban on this lame “Nevaeh” name? All these American girls naming their kids backwards and thinking they’re being original when they’re all doing the same thing. It won’t be long until teachers will have to do roll call like “Neveah #1″, “Neveah #2″, “Neveah #3″. It was kinda that way when I was in school, but they were normal names like “Jason” and “Jennifer”.
Anyone else notice really bad names have started popping up in the past decade? Yes they’ve been around for a while, but now with kids watching teen mom and getting pregnant to get on it and the only knowledge they have is from mtv. It’s no wonder kids get retarded names. They really need to start getting rid of shows on television that literally make you stupid.. Looking at you survivor and jersey shore.
We have in our town a kid named Espn(pronounced Espen although I don’t see how) and another one who named their son Incubus (yes named after the demon who rapes people in their sleep). Does anyone want to take any bets on how many times Incubus is going to stab his mother when he turns 16? My kids have unusual names but not so unusual that they will eventually try to kill me. My three are named Cooper Allen, Alyssa Michelle, and Arianna Nicole.
Christina, some folks hear a name they think is “classical” and have no idea what it means. I once overheard a mother speaking to her daughter, and I thought she was saying “”My dear”. The poor child have been named Medea! NOT exactly a motherly role model, is it? Right up there with Incubus. (And I do like your children’s names, BTW.)
Try having an english first name, which is spelled in a masculine way in french. Add a french last name, grow up in a french-canadian town, and now you get called Mr. Jocelyn Proulx.
People. Stick with the culture! Im clearly female!
Jocelyn(e)
I have to correct you…the “Standesamt” is not an entire department only responsible for suitable names…it’s also in response for marriage, death registration, birth registration and so on….I can’t remember everything right now, but there is a lot more to add….
so we’re not fully living up to our sterotypes
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Fish and Chips is banned….aww nuts. That’s wht I wanted to nmae my kids…JK, still it’s so ridiculous it’s actually funny that people name their kids that.
What about the woman, in our local area(Southeast Georgia)that named her daughter Shi’th’ead, or the woman my brother was stationed with, Latrine.
my daughters name is Sicily, that’s weird but i love it, i heard a lady at the mac donalds play ground calling out to her daughter Harlequin, personally i think it just didn’t go as a name, i also people who intentionally named their daughters after strains of weed
THANK YOU SCOTT. I am so tired of women saying they want to name their poor daughters Nevaeh “cuz it’s ‘Heaven’ spelled backwards!” It’s become the most backwater ho-dunk trailer park trash “can’t wait to be old enough to work at the kitty kat club with momma” name that has been way over done. I saw some 15 year old on Maury who wanted to get pregnant to name her daughter “Nevaeh Tnes Legna” (Heaven Sent Angel backwards) It’s like the classmate I had name Turquoise. Or Precious. NAME YOUR KID LIKE YOU HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THEIR FUTURE!
And Plo- My rules were very similar
1- Easily spelled (I spell all of my FOUR names all the time)
2- One THREE names, (first, middle, last)
3- No one either his father or I had ever dated.
4- Harmonious (either said with middle name or just first and last)
I have decided that whatever I end up naming my kids, it cannot rhyme with something else, especially derogatory terms. I am naming my son Adam, after one of the Beastie Boys (I know, ridiculous) but Adam is a name you can’t really make fun of. I have had that happen with my name. My name is not the one I use on here for privacy reasons. Either way, I refuse to name my kids anything common, like “Bryan” or “Brittany.” I will also be smart about it and not choose something outrageous or spell the name different to be unique. I like to consider that my kids will probably want one of those chinzy key chains with their name on it or something. I can never find one with my name on it and it’s disappointing. My fiance wants our kids’ initials to be something clever, which is funny. My aunt’s initials are “BMW.” Mine will soon be “ABA,” which is kind of like the band “ABBA” LOL! Who knows? I just want my kids to grow up without being ridiculed about their names. They will have enough other things to worry about, like their grades.
I work at a childcare center and have seen children whose names are not only ridiculously impossible to pronounce, but extremely difficult to spell. Some such names were D’montieoney, D’avaneshia, and Shaquayshia. We’ve also had such names as Tripp, Jack Jack, Lovely Butts, Ireland, Trezzure, Sebastian Bach, and this poor kid named Karrion, pronounced just like a dead animal carcass.
I once new a girl who hated the father of her unborn child because he wouldn’t pay for an abortion so she named her Debris. Try to have self-esteem with that name.
A friend of mine works for CAS (Canadian Child Services) and told me of the jems of name she has seen. One was Imawhore (I kid you not!) and the other that really stands out was La-a (Ladasha). I guess Canada (or at least Ontario) doesn’t have strict naming laws! I once saw a documentary that correlated names with job success later on in life. Sadly, people with really “out there” names were far less likely to be hired even if they were more qualified than people with “normal” names. What you name your kid may actually set them up for life!
I come from a strong European family n native American Sioux. I love my childrens name n i love my name. My son was named after the musical mode of Dorian and Aerolyn is a traditional Sioux name but its also after her grandmother. I love my name Turee. Its french and i have red hair n it means fire. so some names are very very pretty n i love odd names but i like odd traditional names. Naming ur kids tire or book is just mean n plain lazy. N it can cause a lot of turmoil for ur child.. but some parents i guess don’t care about their child’s feelings over their our selfish needs.
Had a Juggalo couple that were friends-of-friends in my circle of friends, they named their beautiful daughter “Wyckyd”.
They (fortunately??) shortened it… so now it sounds like they’re screaming “KID. HEY KID.” when they’re trying to get her attention.
One of my boyfriend’s friends has a daughter named Pagan.
… her father has custody now. He calls her by her middle name.
O, THE OF IT ALL.
I have no issues with unique names, but creativity needs to take a back seat to at least a little common sense. Kids will be cruel and come up with something for any name they want to, but try not to set your kids up for it! One of the worst I’ve heard was Brock Lee – a son of a minister I knew. His comment was “Oh, kids aren’t THAT cruel, are they?”
Yes. They are. They are now, they always have been, nd they always will be. It’s a right of passage we all endure, but that doesn’t mean we have to make it harder.
I’m dating myself, but many of you should recall Frank Zappa naming his lovely children Dweezle and Moon-Unit….
Meanwhile in Wisconsin…
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop-bop-bop-arrested/article_1f44cf88-387e-11e1-9aff-0019bb2963f4.html
“Essex girls rejoice, however – Mercedes is allowed!”
HAHAHAHAHA! Living in Kent for two years was not wasted on this American. B^)
I once worked with a guy whose full legal name is “Doctor Christ Ecstasy.” He chose that one himself, though.
the names im tired of and that are no longer original(no matter how many different ways they spell them) are….Jaylen, Jayvyn, Jayden, Caylen, Cayden, Brayden, Braylen….i wnt to the mall one day and heard that name at least 40 different times….all from different mothers…every kid 7 and under has those names…i feel sorry for them in school…
I really hate all the weird names that kids have these days, but I know that some people would put my son in that catagory if they didn’t know any better. My son’s name is Krzysztof (Christoph in English) and Krzys (Chris) for short. Now, it’s not just a strange spelling. My husband is a first generation Pole. His parents came over to America when they were teens and his whole family speaks Polish. I wanted to keep the Polish heritage alive so I gave him a regular Polish name. When people first see it, they think it’s strange and difficult but then when they hear it and the story is explained they think it’s really awesome. Sometimes I don’t even have to explain and people think it’s just a really cool way to spell the name. I haven’t gotten any bad feedback other than he’d have a hard time spelling it. Krzys is going to speak Polish so I don’t think it would be hard for him at all. I’m very proud of the name and I will give all of my future children Polish names as well.
Jami, it’s Don Juan not Don Wann.
I will never forget this one…about 17 years ago, my aunt told me about a girl in her Lamaze class who wanted to name her daughter Vagina. The girl had NO clue what it actually was. I hope someone spoke up and saved that poor baby!!!!
I agree that children should not have to suffer ridiculous names just because the parents were trying to be funny or cute, but I have a real problem with a “government-sanctioned” list of names I must choose from. To me, that is just oppressive. I have four daughters named Shannon, Hannah, Morgan and Rhona (pronounced ROH-NUH). I don’t think those are terribly weird names, but in some of the countries mentioned, at least Shannon or Morgan would have been rejected because it “would have been hard to tell if the child was a boy or a girl”. That being said, I have a couple of name horror stories of my own to relate… when I had Rhona, the nurse was telling me that just a month before, they’d had a baby born in that hospital named Ladasha. That doesn’t sound too weird, but her mother spelled it La-a. Think La ‘dash’ a. Another child was given Ice Kream for his middle name.
My mom said the reason she named me ‘Shelby’ was because she had never heard of anyone with that name before, and she didn’t think that very many people would have that name. Lol. I was born in 1992, and growing up I knew atleast 8 girls with the name Shelby.
I dont know if I even want to have babies, but if I have any girls I’d name them:
1. Presley
2. Norah
3 Adrianna
Those names are NOTHING. When doing office work at a high school, I discovered that some poor boy had been saddled with the name, “OVERY.” Geez, why not just name the kid “Hymin” or “Clyt”?
wow that is the dumist thing i have ever herd of un
I have a nephew in Ohio whose name is Rasberry. He is in kindergarten now, and I kinda wonder if he’s ever razzed about his name. I predict fruit jokes in high school.