WHAT"S IN A NAME CONTINUED

Lindsays Grandma · ‎03-10-2010

TALUA DOES THE HULA

From Hawaii

(New Zealand)

Talua for short, maybe...? In 2008 a nine year old New Zealand girl became the ward of the court after a judge determined that her absurd name was basically child abuse. According to her lawyer, she refused to tell her classmates her real name for fear of being teased. The court assumed guardianship of the girl and allowed her to change her name.

CYANIDE

ENGLAND

Like the United States, England doesn't have too many laws about baby naming. But when one British mother tried to name her daughter after this well known poison, the court decided to step in. The judge who made the ruling claimed that, in England, the court would forbid a parent's name choice, "in only the most extreme cases." Apparently, this particular naming offense constituted that.

The moving finger writes; And having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line Nor all your Tears Wash out a Word of it. Omar Khayam

DrakesMomma · ‎06-02-2010

I will never understand some people.

blackhole99 · ‎08-22-2013

That is a form of child abuse. So many kids are mean and when you send a kid to school with a crazy name, it just sets them up for heart ache. My son actually thanked me for giving him a name the other kids could not slaughter.