What's in a name?

[Miranda_]

Thu Jul 24, 5:41 AM ET

A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.

Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.

Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said.

The new name was not made public to protect the girl's privacy.

"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child's parents have shown in choosing this name," he wrote. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."

The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her "K" instead, the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.

In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.

Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.

New Zealand law does not allow names that would cause offense to a reasonable person, among other conditions, said Brian Clarke, the registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Clarke said officials usually talked to parents who proposed unusual names to convince them about the potential for embarrassment.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_bizarre_names

[spirit_queen]

O.o Wow. Why would somebody want to name their kid those weird things?

[TheHayleyDoll]

Sex Fruit...? XD Wow... That (and the other names, too) would suck to have as you're name. Just imagine someone yelling to you, "Hey, Sex Fruit!" Lol.

[Sarah_K_O_M]

It makes a bizarre sort of sense though. XD

[Agent_saf]

0.0 Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit. I am glad I am named well my parents search on the computer for hours. Fish and chips? Sex Fruit? Why would parents name there children this, I know a boy and his name is name. He's in my class!

[FoReVeR_MaGiC]

wow. odd names.

[TheHayleyDoll]

Sex Fruit does make sense, but imagine being in kindergarten and seeing the look on the teacher's face when you said your name was Sex Fruit. XD

Lol... The name "Name"... Wow. How creative must his parents be? XD

[heart1319]

That is weird.... Thats all i gotta say... o.o

[delly1]

wow and I tohught my name was horrible. That is so weird why parents would do that.

[ShortiiBabiiXO]

that is so saad :[