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Riktor48 · Admin Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 1286 Location: Essex, UK

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A judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so that she could change the name she hated - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.

Judge Rob Murfitt said that the name embarrassed the nine-year-old and could expose her to teasing.

He attacked a trend of giving children bizarre names, citing several examples.

Officials had blocked Sex Fruit, Keenan Got Lucy and Yeah Detroit, he said, but Number 16 Bus Shelter, Violence and Midnight Chardonnay had been allowed.

One mother wanted to name her child O.crnia using text language, but was later persuaded to use Oceania, he said.

More at the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7522952.stm

Poor kid! It really does question the sanity of her parents - and also how the name was allowed to be registered in the first place! Makes the name of Paula Yates' daughter - Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily seem almost normal!

I remember years ago a chap named his son after the entire squad of his favourite football team!
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RavenStar · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

I read this earlier Rik....... it does make you question the intellect of some people. There should be stricter rules on what should be allowed/disallowed when naming a child. The psychological trauma that stupid names can cause should be recognised and Registrars given legal backing to refuse such requests.

Idiots....