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We can give our kid a name that's not on the official list of allowed names (it exists!), but we have to provide documentation that it is used as a human name somewhere in the world. I don't think Metallica would fly here, either.
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Still, the best name for a child has to be "Moxie CrimeFighter". Thank you Penn and Emily Jillette!
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I don't think the law should dictate what you can name your baby, but I think there should be a process whereby a child can file for a name change paid by their parents upon turning 18.
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Dear lord, and to think I have a hard time having people spell my last name right... and it's only four letters.
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I think the parents should be questioned for their taste in music, more than anything. Metallica hasn't produced good music in over 10 years. Sellouts.
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quote:Originally posted by stihl1: I think the parents should be questioned for their taste in music, more than anything. Metallica hasn't produced good music in over 10 years. Sellouts.
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A friend of mine gave their newborn twins interesting *middle* names - their son's middle name is Danger, and their daughter's middle name is Moxie.
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quote:Originally posted by FlyingCow: A friend of mine gave their newborn twins interesting *middle* names - their son's middle name is Danger, and their daughter's middle name is Moxie.
They did that just so the kid can say, "Danger is my middle name," didn't they?
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I can't understand how any country can choose the legal names of children. Why do the citizens put up with such a law? Hath government no bounds?
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SS: Of course the government doesn't have any bounds. Duh. The legislature has to keep passing laws to prove they're doing something so they'll get re-elected. And there's plenty of people out there doing things other people don't like. And it needs to be stopped.
What, do you think you're actually FREE or something? You're property of the state and have a serial number to prove it.
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I've already thought of the names for my children. Simon Belmont for a boy, and Elissa Dido for a girl. Now I just have to find a wife who will go along with it.
(Yes, I'm joking. Uh . . . kind of. I actually think those are both really cool names. . . .)
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quote:I can't understand how any country can choose the legal names of children.
To be fair, I'm not aware of any government that chooses children's names ("This one will be Joe. Haven't had any of those in a while").
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I really like the name Emerson. I thought I was being both original and erudite and I can just picture him: calm, with cute little glasses and a sardonic mouth.
Then it turns out that a million other people had the same brilliant idea in the last year. *sigh*
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Didn't this same thing happen a few years ago when a couple wanted to name their son Superman?
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I remember hearing of a case in Finland, in the early 80's, when a couple wanted to give their boy child the first name Pasi and the second name Anssi. Now, on their own those names would be perfectly acceptable Finnish boy's names but together they become Pasianssi which means solitaire. So the name was not accepted. (I do think it would be today, though.)
I think such laws, in Scandinavia at least, are medieval relics from the time when the Church had real power and was able to control the people to do the "proper and moral" thing. As such, I think the Swedish couple here will win their case.
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