Baby Name Laws - should there be any?

[Cetacea]

Baby name issues have come up again with NZ's Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages releasing a list of 71 banned baby names, with much emphasis being put on the parents who wered disallowed from naming their child Anal.

NZ law states acceptable names must not cause offense to a reasonable person, not be unreasonably long and should not resemble an official title and rank. Nonetheless some names like "Violence" and "Number 16 Bus Shelter" do slip through.

A few years back there was even an incident when Welfare services were called in and a child placed under court guardianship to force the change of her name Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii

Anyway I think some parents are stoopid and should be kept from using plainly offensive names like Anal, but is Rogue really that bad?
and is it censorship or at least nannystate interfering with the decisions of private citizens?

Names banned in New Zealand and incidents thereof

Justice:62

King:31

Princess:28

Prince:27

Royal:25

Duke:10

Major:9

Bishop:9

Majesty:7

J:6

Lucifer:6

using brackets around middle names:4

Knight:4

Lady:3

using back slash between names:8

Judge:3

Royale:2

Messiah:2

T:2

I:2

Queen:2

II:2

Sir:2

III:2

Jr:2

E:2

V:2

Justus:2

Master:2

Constable:1

Queen Victoria:1

Regal:1

Emperor:1

Christ:1

Juztice:1

3rd:1

C J :1

G:1

Roman numerals III:1

General:1

Saint:1

Lord:1

. (full stop):1

89:1

Eminence:1

M:1

VI:1

Mafia No Fear:1

2nd:1

Majesti:1

Rogue:1

4real:1

(star symbol):1

5th:1

S P:1

C:1

Sargent:1

Honour:1

D:1

Minister:1

MJ:1

Chief:1

Mr:1

V8:1

President:1

MC:1

Anal:1

A.J:1

Baron:1

L B:1

H-Q:1

Queen V:1

[Frisivisia]

Yeah, but they should be whatever protects kids with as little regulation as possible.

[San]

All babies born on December 25 in france must be named after 18th century british prime ministers.

other than that, no.

[Farnhamia]

All babies born on December 25 in france must be named after 18th century british prime ministers.

other than that, no.

And the rest of the year all French babies must be named "Louis," including the girls.

[Estado Paulista]

I don't think it would be prudent for you to name your kid "Hitler" or "Rainbow Dash". But I agree with Frisivisa, we should protect kids with as little regulation as possible.

[Cetacea]

All babies born on December 25 in france must be named after 18th century british prime ministers.

other than that, no.

And the rest of the year all French babies must be named "Louis," including the girls.

I thought all french girls were named Yvette

[Farnhamia]

And the rest of the year all French babies must be named "Louis," including the girls.

I thought all french girls were names Yvette

That was in the 20th century. Get with the program. excuse me, programme.

[Frisivisia]

I don't it would be prudent for you to name your kid "Hitler" or "Rainbow Dash". But I agree with Frisivisa, we should protect kids with as little regulation as possible.

"Rainbow Hitler" though, that's gold.

[Frisivisia]

I thought all french girls were names Yvette

That was in the 20th century. Get with the program. excuse me, programme.

Excuse you, preauxgramme.

[Respubliko de Libereco]

Banning names like "Duke" and "Baron" seems to be going a bit overboard, seeing as those aren't particularly odd, and no one's actually going to think you're a duke because your name is Duke.

"Majesty" especially, seeing as its an abstract concept. "Your Majesty/Her Majesty" I can understand, but just banning the name "Majesty"?

[Boomhaueristan]

I remember a thread years ago where some really weird parents had named their sons things like "Adolf Hitler" and "Heinrich Himmler SS".

I wonder what it's like going to school and when you learn about the holocaust, everyone just stares at you.

[Farnhamia]

Banning names like Duke and Baron seems to be going a bit overboard, seeing as those aren't particularly odd, and no one's actually going to think you're a duke because your name is Duke.

True, but it does allow parents with certain surnames to come up with combinations like "Duke Of Windsor" and "Baron Munchausen." Okay, maybe not the second one, but you get the idea. The idea of officially banned names strikes me as excessive, though I see the point. Kids will have plenty of reasons to scream, "YOU RUINED MY LIFE!!! I WISH I HAD NEVER BEEN BORN!!!" and slam their bedroom doors without throwing silly names into the mix.

[The Serbian Empire]

Simply, I don't think it's fully necessary after much thinking since the previous time such a thread appeared. However, someone has to disagree with my observations as the laws exist.

[Grainne Ni Malley]

Don't name your baby anything that begins with "Sha", ends with "iqua", sounds like a car (or alcoholic beverage), contains numbers, and absolutely NO asinine spellings.

"Here's my daughter. I name her Yuneek because she's special."

I would add no naming children after swear words, but I rather like the idea of naming a child "Fuck". C'mere little Fuck. This is my boy, Fuck Jr. the Third.

[Neu Leonstein]

I remember a thread years ago where some really weird parents had named their sons things like "Adolf Hitler" and "Heinrich Himmler SS".

I wonder what it's like going to school and when you learn about the holocaust, everyone just stares at you.

Chances are that with parents like that, you wouldn't be in school long enough to get to that stage.

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

I think each new name, unless common and/or traditional and/or the most acceptable and etymologically correct bastardization of a common foreign name should have a team of psychologists and sociologists to allow it or not, depending on region and socioeconomic class (with richer or more privileged people from regions of greater status having more choice). I had it already with poor people-sounding names.

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

Don't name your baby anything that begins with "Sha"

I like Shakira.

[The Serbian Empire]

Don't name your baby anything that begins with "Sha", ends with "iqua", sounds like a car (or alcoholic beverage), contains numbers, and absolutely NO asinine spellings.

"Here's my daughter. I name her Yuneek because she's special."

I would add no naming children after swear words, but I rather like the idea of naming a child "Fuck". C'mere little Fuck. This is my boy, Fuck Jr. the Third.

I think the rules make sense, but we don't need as much laws as more common sense!

I think each new name, unless common and/or traditional and/or the most acceptable and etymologically correct bastardization of a common foreign name should have a team of psychologists and sociologists to allow it or not, depending on region and socioeconomic class (with richer or more privileged people from regions of greater status having more choice). I had it already with poor people-sounding names.

Give me an example of poor people-sounding names in Brazil as I sort of wonder what type of names are considered poor people names there.

[Fascist Russian Empire]

Really? NZ bans people from using "the Second" or "the Third" in a name? What the fuck, man? Are they really that staunchly anti-nobility as to ban people from stating that person's place in their family tree? That is the most bullshit bullshit I've ever seen.

I really don't give a shit what kids are named, so long as it ain't something incredibly fucking stupid. The kid can just change their name later, anyway.

[Beta Test]

God, King, Hitler, Satan etc. The ones that could offend large segments of the population and bring ridicule upon the child.

[Cesatar]

I don't it would be prudent for you to name your kid "Hitler" or "Rainbow Dash". But I agree with Frisivisa, we should protect kids with as little regulation as possible.

"Rainbow Hitler" though, that's gold.

As is Hitler Dash, which sounds like a very bad IOS game.

[Domenic and friends]

No, government should have no say in what I Name my child. I don't need big brother controlling my life more than it already does.

[Farnhamia]

Don't name your baby anything that begins with "Sha", ends with "iqua", sounds like a car (or alcoholic beverage), contains numbers, and absolutely NO asinine spellings.

"Here's my daughter. I name her Yuneek because she's special."

I would add no naming children after swear words, but I rather like the idea of naming a child "Fuck". C'mere little Fuck. This is my boy, Fuck Jr. the Third.

I think the rules make sense, but we don't need as much laws as more common sense!

I think each new name, unless common and/or traditional and/or the most acceptable and etymologically correct bastardization of a common foreign name should have a team of psychologists and sociologists to allow it or not, depending on region and socioeconomic class (with richer or more privileged people from regions of greater status having more choice). I had it already with poor people-sounding names.

Give me an example of poor people-sounding names in Brazil as I sort of wonder what type of names are considered poor people names there.

You know, names like Cartola and Pixinguinha and Donga and Chico and Paulo and Paulinho and Seu Jorge.

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

I think each new name, unless common and/or traditional and/or the most acceptable and etymologically correct bastardization of a common foreign name should have a team of psychologists and sociologists to allow it or not, depending on region and socioeconomic class (with richer or more privileged people from regions of greater status having more choice). I had it already with poor people-sounding names.

Give me an example of poor people-sounding names in Brazil as I sort of wonder what type of names are considered poor people names there.

Female: Cleydianne, Lucicleide, Cleydijany, Kethlen, Keythyelly, Jenifer (pronounced ZHE-nee-fech), Suelen (pronounced soo-ELL-aing, from "Sue Ellen" of the TV series Dallas).

Male: Kellvin, Thiego, Wellington, Cleydison, Kleverson, about all names you will find twice in football players...

[Karelli]

Elvis is banned in Iceland...