by You may think that the choice of a baby is with your parents, but there are some Monikers who cannot give you a newborn, depending on where you live.
At the beginning of this year, New Zealand, which has strict name laws, released a list of all baby names that were rejected in 2024. Many of the names were associated with king, princess and princess, who were identified as the three most rejected choice of names. Crown, Pryncess, Royal and Kaiser were also one of the names.
Other names that were banned by the parents using Saint, Fanny, ICE and Messiah. A total of 71 cases of a name were rejected. According to the law, names in the country must not be insulting, resemble a title or rank, contain numbers or symbols or be inappropriate.
This is not the only example that baby names are banned worldwide. Hungary and Iceland are only two of a number of countries in which parents have to choose their baby names from an approved list. If there is a more unique name for your child, it has to make an inquiry and wait to see if it is approved.
In other countries there are laws about names with traditional spellings. In fact, various baby names worldwide were banned from a variety of reasons. Here are some of them.
Forbidden baby names
Metallica
Perhaps these Swedish parents were huge fans, but when they tried to give their daughter an ode to their favorite -heavy metal band in 2007, civil servants banned this and considered them inappropriate. However, after the public outcry, the authorities withdrew their objections.
Tom
If you consider getting a baby in the Portugal, there is a list of approved names to choose from. Nicknames are not allowed as a complete, formal name – so Tomás is okay, but Tom is not.
Nutella
In 2015, a court in Valenciennes, France, decided that a couple should not name his daughter Nutella. The judge decided that it would not be in the child’s interest to be named after a frequency of chocolate.
In today’s internet-obsessed society, it is only a matter of time before someone tries to name their child after a social media website. The state of Sonora in Mexico banned the parents to name their baby Facebook in 2014, since it is “derogatory, pejorative, discriminatory or lack of meaning”.
The same state also has the names Robocop, James Bond, circumcision, traffic and Lady Di.
@
Before you roll your eyes, the meaning behind it is pretty cute. In China the @ symbol “Ai -Ta” is pronounced and means “love it”. When the parents tried to name their child in 2007, the authorities did not consider it appropriate. However, it was not known whether the name was allowed at some point or not.
Ikea
Parents in Sweden, who want to call their children after the Scandinavian inspired super store in the country, could pamper the country’s names enacted in 1982.
J
It turns out that Swiss naming authorities are not interested in initials as first names. When the parents tried to pay two grandparents, Johanna and Josef, with the name J tribute, the court in Switzerland suggested Jo.
Geesher
As early as 1998, the Norwegian authorities arrested a woman for two days when she did not make it to her son a “unexpected” name – Geesher, who is Hebrew for Bridge.
cyanide
In 2017, a Welsh mother was banned by a high court to name her little daughter Cyanid (her twin brother was appointed preacher). Despite her arguments that Cyanid was a “beautiful, pretty name”, the court decided that the “unusual” choice could harm the child who grew up.
Holy
The nickname that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West chose for their son was perhaps in order in the USA, but in New Zealand they cannot give their children names that resemble official titles. In 2024, one parent had rejected this name from the namesake within the government.
demon
A French couple wanted to name their child from the Vampire Diaries in 2012 after the character of Damon. They added an ‘e’ to make it sound French, but the authorities forbidden to sound too demonic. However, the parents were allowed to keep the name after a court dispute.
Talula makes the Hula from Hawaii
This unique nickname Talula runs Hula from Hawaii from a nine -year -old girl from New Zealand before a judge renamed her during a custody battle. “It makes the child fool,” he said.
Akuma
In 1994 Japanese parents called or should we say to call her son Akuma what Teufel means. The authorities decided that this was a misuse of the parents’ rights to decide a child’s name.
Chow tow -aka stinking head
While some countries are gradually loosening their name laws, the Malaysian authorities have set unsuitable titles in recent years. A typical example: Cantonesian nickname Chow Tow, which means “stinking head”.
Ah Chwar alias Snake
The tightening of Malaysia’s name restrictions from 2006 also meant the ban on Hokkien Chinese Ah Chwar, which means “snake”.
peppermint
Germany has certain criteria for baby names. Pepperze (“peppermint”) was rejected because it could cause ridiculousness. Likewise, the nickname was forbidden by the fact that “a child cannot identify because it is an object and not a first name”.
Linda
In 2014, the relatively harmless, sounding Linda made the list of Saudi Arabia forbidden for banned baby names thanks to its connection with the western culture.
Fañch
In 2017, a French court decided that a couple could not use the nickname fañch they had chosen for his baby. The court in Quimper, Northwest France, decided that the new parents could not use the character (called Tilde) on behalf of their baby.
Venerdi alias Friday
In 2008, a court banned an Italian couple to call their baby boys Venerdi, which translated until Friday. Although the name of a baby does not sound so bad after the best weekday, the judges believed that the name, which was taken by Robinson Crusoe, would expose the child “ridicule” and was associated with “submissiveness and uncertainty”.
Fraise
When a French couple tried to name their child after a strawberry, the courts claimed that the name Fray would tease. The parents insisted that they only tried to give their little one an original name, and finally went with the fraisine instead.
Lucifer
At the beginning of this year, the Times reported that a court had intervened in Germany when a few tried to call her child Lucifer. Other names that have been rejected in the country are Satan, Judas and Gucci.
anus
A child in Denmark was almost named after this specific part of human anatomy. It is not surprising that the application was rejected.
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No, we didn’t just get on the keyboard. This is an actual name a Swedish couple who tried to return her baby in 1996. Apparently the name “Albin” (yes, we are not sure, as well), is spoken out, and the parents have selected him as a protest against Sweden’s strict name laws.
Are there any baby names banned in Great Britain?
There are no strict rules for names in Great Britain. In fact, babies who were born in England and Wales in 2023 were given more than 60,000 clear names and spellings.
Names that are racist or harmful to the child could be illegal and prohibited, according to the British judgment office.
Names could also be rejected by the registration officer if they:
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Are impossible to pronounce
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Enter numbers, symbols or puncture brands such as exclamation marks (hyphen and apostrophes are okay)
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Are considered insulting, vulgar or blasphemy
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Conclude that the child has a rank or a title, like a doctor or gentleman
