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Recently, Brazilian singer Seu Jorge got into a legal mess trying To his son Samba. The registry offices initially refused, but then backtracked and accepted the baby’s name at the request of the parents. In this confusion, one even wants to know the names of babies who are banned from the world.
Although families in several countries have complete freedom in naming their children, others are not so liberal. In other words, Seu Jorge’s case was not the only one. In 2017, for example, a Swiss couple was forbidden by law from naming their daughter “J”.
The parents’ idea of honoring their greatgrandparents, Johanna and Josef, was rejected by the court. Well, there are pretty banned baby names out there all over the world. Both for the inclusion of profanity and the implementation of rules for each country.
20 forbidden names for babies in the world
Nutella
A French couple failed to baptize their daughter Nutella, the hazelnut candy, in 2015. The rationale was that the child would bring the sweetness and popularity of the cream, but that was not the judge’s understanding. According to him, the child would be the target of “mockery and disrespectful comments.” And her name was Ella. Lucky, right?
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Akuma (Devil)
You see, in the 1990s, a couple wanted to name their baby Akuma, which means devil in Japanese. The case even affected the prime minister and the judiciary defined the nickname as illegal in Japan.
Anal
Luckily for the babies, New Zealand requires madeup names to be approved by the government. Otherwise, the suggestions swell into a list of banned names that only gets longer. One of them, inserted in 2013, was Anal.
Gescher (Bridge)
Norway also regulates what parents want to name their children. For example, Gesher entered the list of banned baby names around the world. At that time, the mother was even arrested for not paying the fine for using the unauthorized name. According to her, the idea came from a dream.
Talula does the Hawaiian hula
Yes, someone wanted to name a New Zealand baby that. To give you an idea, Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii allowed the country’s government to adopt the child until she was given another name.
Osama Bin Laden
It seems like a bad joke, but a year after the attacks, a Turkish couple tried to name their son after it. They lived in Germany at the time and the authorities banned it for two reasons:
- Naming guidelines stating that all names “must not result in humiliation”.
- German law banning illegal foreign names in parents’ home country (which was the case)
robot head
Mexican authorities have defined Robocop as one of the world’s banned baby names. However, since this was only defined in 2014, a child was finally baptized with the name.
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Sweden has notoriously strict naming laws. For example, in 1982, a law was passed prohibiting nonnoble families from giving their children noble names. Today, the law vaguely states that “first names will not be approved if they offend or make users uncomfortable, or names that are unsuitable as first names for obvious reasons”.
Then a couple protested by turning their son’s name into a captcha code, but of course it wasn’t accepted.
@
Prince decided to call himself an unspeakable icon. In China, this has happened despite not allowing symbols or numerals in baby names. The “at” sign is pronounced “aita” in Chinese, similar to a phrase meaning “I love you.”
Therefore, the parents saw fit to name their son that, which the Chinese government had banned.
metallica
In 2007 in Sweden, a girl was named after the heavy metal band, but tax authorities deemed this inappropriate and allowed the child to bear the name.
A similar case happened in Portugal, a country that has a list of allowed names for babies. There an attempt was made to give a child the name Nirvana. Apparently this is one of the banned names there.
sex fruit
Again the New Zealand government intervened before a child had to spend the rest of their life with the Sex Fruit name.
Ape
Denmark also requires parents to choose baby names from a preapproved list. Otherwise, they have to ask the government for permission. Typically 250 names are rejected each year, including Monkey, Pluto and Anus.
phrase
The name, meaning strawberry, was banned in France following a couple’s attempt. This was justified by the fact that the nickname refers to the phrase “ramène ta fraise”, which means something like “come here”.
Mini Cooper
In 2015, a couple were banned from naming their son Prince William. And believe me, on the same day another couple tried to name their newborn Mini Cooper. The court then decided to ban both.
fish and chips
New Zealand has (again) banned a couple from naming their newborn twins these names. Incidentally, this was a rare case where two names were forbidden in pairs.
007
If your name is all digits, you could do worse than 007. Unfortunately, the James Bond code is a banned name in Malaysia.
hermione
Harry and Ron are acceptable names in many parts of the world, but in the Mexican state of Sonora, Hermione is on the list of banned baby names. The Greek name, meaning “high born,” harks back to the hardworking witch in the Harry Potter series.
However, Sonora has noted that modern pop culture connotations make the name unsuitable for children.
ikea
IKEA is popular around the world, but there’s at least one place where it’s illegal to name your baby after the furniture store: your home country of Sweden. The name violates the country’s strict naming laws.
“.” (Point)
Under the list of banned names in New Zealand is the symbol “.” Apparently, someone tried to call the child that.
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Venice
Italy has jurisdiction to reject baby names if they are “likely to limit social interaction and create insecurity”. The judges claimed that the name Venerdi, meaning Friday, would make the boy in question a mockery.
The parents were forced to change the name, but in response they threatened to name their next child Mercoledi, the Italian word for Wednesday.
So what do you think of the banned baby names in the world? Would you dare dress your child in one of these?
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