legislating baby names
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January 25th, 2012 at 9:42:43 AM
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Since the Wizard has a background in baby name statistics, I thought it'd be interesting to get forum users' opinions on government regulation of baby names. New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs will not permit parents from naming their child "Anal" "Christ" "King" "Prince" "Baron" or "Lucifer". In Germany, parents are prohibited from giving gender-neutral names to their children. Nouns and places are also prohibited in Germany. In Massachusetts, no name may be longer than 40 characters. In 2009 a New Jersey couple lost custody of their boy they had named "Adolf Hitler". Portugal and Denmark force parents to choose from a list of approved names. (France scrapped their list in 1993.) Most countries ban names spelled in foreign alphabets, and many restrict the use of foreign diacritical marks. California bans dots and squiggles.
What do you think?
What do you think?
January 25th, 2012 at 10:02:10 AM
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Even before reading your post, I was thinking about this story:
Frankly, parents should be given a grace period (72 hours?) to change their mind, and give the child a new name without having to go thru major hurdles. If a parent gives their child an unusual name, they the health dept. should contact them prior to the end of the grace period, just to make sure.
Then again, since I have no kids, I have no idea if such a grace period already exists.
Frankly, parents should be given a grace period (72 hours?) to change their mind, and give the child a new name without having to go thru major hurdles. If a parent gives their child an unusual name, they the health dept. should contact them prior to the end of the grace period, just to make sure.
Then again, since I have no kids, I have no idea if such a grace period already exists.
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January 25th, 2012 at 10:49:20 AM
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That's hard to top! But...
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January 25th, 2012 at 12:44:12 PM
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Yeah, I've seen her bio before. She's merely the product of a couple of pot-heads trying to make a statement. And succeeding. Not nearly as funny as Le-a.
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January 25th, 2012 at 12:54:40 PM
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Back in my residency days there was a lady whom I followed throughout her pregnancy and when it came time for her to deliver I just happened to be on call. I delivered a healthy 8 pound baby boy, held him up and said, "So Mom, what are you going to name him?" She said, "I'm gonna name him Ashonte Desmonne Neuronte Mc_______." I replied, "Uh, no. I delivered him and have to sign his birth certificate. That means I have veto power over any name you choose. I'd prefer you give him a name that won't prevent him from getting a job in the future." She named him "Aaron". The only life I think that I truly saved in my medical career.
I also had a patient named LoSpermia Hussey.
I also had a patient named LoSpermia Hussey.
January 25th, 2012 at 1:02:05 PM
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What constitutes a name anyway?
Check a website or book fo baby anmes for their meanings, and you'll find most names come from adjectives or nouns. Some names are actually adjectives, nouns or attributes. Think of "Hope" or "Prudence," for example.
And don't even bring up last names...
Check a website or book fo baby anmes for their meanings, and you'll find most names come from adjectives or nouns. Some names are actually adjectives, nouns or attributes. Think of "Hope" or "Prudence," for example.
And don't even bring up last names...
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January 25th, 2012 at 2:48:19 PM
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I will be forwarding this story to my mother, who is an SLP. She works with families in the public school preschool program.
She had two twins, named Orangelo and Lemongelo... my mom soon found out they were named after the food... Orange Jell-O, and Lemon Jell-O.
Btw, where is the option in the poll where the kids are taken as wards of the state and the parents are shot in a firing squad?? Not a Beyonce fan, so that's fine to me...
She had two twins, named Orangelo and Lemongelo... my mom soon found out they were named after the food... Orange Jell-O, and Lemon Jell-O.
Btw, where is the option in the poll where the kids are taken as wards of the state and the parents are shot in a firing squad?? Not a Beyonce fan, so that's fine to me...
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January 26th, 2012 at 2:13:19 PM
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Quote: DrJohnBack in my residency days there was a lady whom I followed throughout her pregnancy and when it came time for her to deliver I just happened to be on call. I delivered a healthy 8 pound baby boy, held him up and said, "So Mom, what are you going to name him?" She said, "I'm gonna name him Ashonte Desmonne Neuronte Mc_______." I replied, "Uh, no. I delivered him and have to sign his birth certificate. That means I have veto power over any name you choose. I'd prefer you give him a name that won't prevent him from getting a job in the future." She named him "Aaron". The only life I think that I truly saved in my medical career.
I also had a patient named LoSpermia Hussey.
A woman, who went thorough a particulary difficult labor, asked the resident if she could name her son after him. He told her his name was sigmoid.
The baby--- Sigmoid Colon
January 27th, 2012 at 1:54:42 AM
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Quote: DJTeddyBearEven before reading your post, I was thinking about this story:
The story of Ledasha (Le-a) is almost certainly fake. No child with that name has ever been located, and Livingston Parish, LA is an overwhelmingly white municipality (about 4% Black). The sentence "cause the dash don't be silent" is not even the standard use of the "habitual be", so it is clearly a story made up by someone mocking the vernacular.
January 27th, 2012 at 6:05:33 AM
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I'm as non-politically correct as they come when people are trying to have a serious argument, but the Le-a story is long known to be a pretty racist urban legend.
This thread is funny, but I wish it was just called "discuss silly baby names thread." The name of one's child is, in my opinion, way down on the list of things the government should be deciding.
This thread is funny, but I wish it was just called "discuss silly baby names thread." The name of one's child is, in my opinion, way down on the list of things the government should be deciding.
January 27th, 2012 at 10:30:10 AM
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Quote: sunrise089The name of one's child is, in my opinion, way down on the list of things the government should be deciding.
It would be difficult thing to legislate. My grandfather misspelled my aunt's name on her birth certificate (by one letter). He couldn't read at an advanced level, and he didn't know the spelling. She finally corrected it when she was middle aged.
Because it was a Spanish name, most people didn't know the correct spelling, so no one pointed it out for most of her life.
How would you tell a genius like Frank Zappa that he couldn't name is daughter "Moon Unit".
January 27th, 2012 at 12:12:07 PM
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Quote: pacomartinIt would be difficult thing to legislate. My grandfather misspelled my aunt's name on her birth certificate (by one letter).
Immigrants of all sorts ahve had their anmes mangled, chopped, or otherwise changed at their destination country. My grandfather had his given anme and last name chopped when he entered Mexico, for example.
As to Zappa, genius???
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January 27th, 2012 at 2:17:52 PM
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Forcing name selection out of a list is an extremely stupid and bigoted idea. I'm not a multiculturalist, but even I'm concerned about the excessive moral impact against first-generation immigrant families. Not just Mexicans, but most of Europe.
The only restrictions on the legal name should be technical, that is Roman alphabet, no punctuation marks, perhaps a length limit, etc, so as to ensure it fits both paper and electronic forms. "Adolf Hitlers" can be processed on a case-by-case basis.
The only restrictions on the legal name should be technical, that is Roman alphabet, no punctuation marks, perhaps a length limit, etc, so as to ensure it fits both paper and electronic forms. "Adolf Hitlers" can be processed on a case-by-case basis.
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January 27th, 2012 at 7:38:04 PM
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My mother-in-law is pretty much a tee-totaler, but due to
a typo, technicallh her name is MargueritA, not Marguerite.
She goes by Peg, I call her Peg-leg, just for fun.
Arrrrgh.......
a typo, technicallh her name is MargueritA, not Marguerite.
She goes by Peg, I call her Peg-leg, just for fun.
Arrrrgh.......
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March 4th, 2012 at 6:43:45 AM
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Quote: DJTeddyBearEven before reading your post, I was thinking about this story:
Frankly, parents should be given a grace period (72 hours?) to change their mind, and give the child a new name without having to go thru major hurdles. If a parent gives their child an unusual name, they the health dept. should contact them prior to the end of the grace period, just to make sure.
Then again, since I have no kids, I have no idea if such a grace period already exists.
I heard about that just a few months ago from a co-worker!! But my coworker said that her friend came across this name in a hospital. She said she was reading the chart saying she could go, but Le-a's friend corrected her, quite rudely I guess. I can't remember but I thought she said this happened here in Iowa. So either there's more than one of these people, or my coworkers friend actually knows this woman.. crazy.
March 4th, 2012 at 6:49:27 AM
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Quote: pacomartinThe story of Ledasha (Le-a) is almost certainly fake. No child with that name has ever been located, and Livingston Parish, LA is an overwhelmingly white municipality (about 4% Black). The sentence "cause the dash don't be silent" is not even the standard use of the "habitual be", so it is clearly a story made up by someone mocking the vernacular.
If it is fake, then my coworkers friend must've been pulling a fast one on her.
July 10th, 2013 at 5:08:47 PM
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I'm up in the air on this one...on one hand, parents should be allowed to pick their kids' names...but on the other hand, a bad name screws a child for life, potentially, even if it's just "That's spelled N-I-K-L-A-S." And a name like Adolf Hitler Campbell? The parents who picked that name should be dragged into the street and run over by wildebeests. Some people just shouldn't be named after, and that's one of them. The state should have veto power in cases like that.
