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Parents have to get all potential names approved by the government, and if officials deem something too wacky, it gets added to the ever-growing list of banned names. There were many questionable entries on the list they released in , Anal being a particularly horrifying offender. Norway is another country that regulates what parents can name their child. She protested saying that she had been instructed to name her son Gesher , the Hebrew word for bridge , in a dream she had.

Borderline child abuse or most epic name ever? The New Zealand government went with the former, and assumed guardianship of the 9-year-old girl who held that moniker in order to ensure that a more appropriate name was found for her. German officials declined to let that happen, citing the section of their naming guidelines which states that all names "must not be likely to lead to humiliation. Max is usually short for something, so why not Chief Maximus? Sweden has notoriously strict naming laws.

In , a law was passed to prevent non-noble families from bestowing their children with noble names. Tragically, this was another name that officials in Sonora, Mexico, discovered in the newborn registries.

They made the heroic decision to ban the unfortunate name from that point forward. It can only include letters in the Icelandic alphabet and must be able to conform to the language grammatically. A baby girl from Sweden was baptized under this heavy metal name, but tax officials eventually deemed it inappropriate.

Modern copyright law, particularly the current version of the Copyright Act of , does make some allowances. Fair use permits the use of excerpts from a copyright work, even without the permission of the copyright owner, for such things as criticism, commentary, educational, journalistic, and similar purposes.

But someone who wants to use a copyrighted work in a situation not protected by parody or the fair use doctrine must obtain a license from the copyright owner. This is a specific right to use a copyrighted work in a particular way. Picking a baby name that everyone from grandma to the grocery clerk likes can be a fruitless , futile endeavor.

Coming up with one that confounds the whole world is seemingly a lot easier. Or is it? There are laws that limit their choices. While some states have strict laws that prohibit obscenities, numbers, and names that are too long, other states have no restrictions.

It seems that for now, a California birth certificate can be completed with single dashes in the spaces for first, middle, and last names, and a legal name can be added later, which is exactly what Elon and Grimes have done for their son. List of pretty Victorian girls names that were in the top 50, that are no longer popular.

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