New Zeland bans new baby names

[BiscuitintheBasket]

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/20/new-zealand-bans-weird-baby-names/

The country’s Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages has been cracking down on parents who get too creative when naming their kids, Australia’s Herald Sun reports.

The list of weird names for kids that are banned by New Zealand’s names registrar has grown to include Lucifer, Duke, Messiah and 89.

Also not approved: Bishop, Baron, General, Judge, King, Knight and Mr., names that were all said to be too similar to titles.

The letters, C, D, I and T were also rejected as first names, the Herald Sun says.

As well, the agency has refused to allow names involving asterisks, commas, periods and other punctuation marks.

And three different sets of Kiwi parents wanted to name their children Lucifer, only to have the name choice nixed.

In 2008, New Zealand’s names registrar drew international attention when it approved such non-traditional names as Benson and Hedges for a set of twins, as well as the boys names of Violence and Number 16 Bus Shelter.

But New Zealand isn’t the only country to ban wacky names for kids, the Toronto Globe and Mail reports.

In Sweden, name choices are subject to a naming law. While Lego and Google have been approved as names for children, Superman, Metallica and Elvis, and the name Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, pronounced Albin, were not approved.

 

[bri]

I know some parents are crazy, but the government in this is crossing the line in most instances. There is certainly nothing wrong with the name Duke. Are they going to forbid Earl too.

 

[Shoots_he_scores]

I wish they'd do that here with some of the toolbag yuppie names

 

[bri]

My friend named her son Kale. Isn't that like lettuce?

 

[JOVE23]

My friend named her son Kale. Isn't that like lettuce?

Yeah, it's the lettucy stuff you get with a steak.

 

[Ton]

Good thing I live in America, I can't wait to name my son Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116.



That couple must have gotten really drunk, hit their head on the keyboard at least 3 different times, and decided that would be their kids name.



Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, has a nice ring to it... either that or Wtfweremyparentsthinkingwhentheynamedme10011010111. Oh and it's pronounced Bill.