Comments on: Why do some countries regulate baby names?

By: GWB

GWB — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:03:27 +0000

Children are not toys and some people seem incapable of grasping that.

sharrukin on February 3, 2013 at 10:19 PM

This is the key. Morons who reproduce are the main reason why some countries feel the need to regulate baby names. (The other major reason is ‘cultural purity’.)

I say that you shouldn’t regulate the names. You should, however, be allowed to cite child abuse in extreme cases.

I also believe that a child should be able to petition the court when they turn 18 to immediately change their name to something normal and have all their records converted to the new name, and the judge should be allowed to levy punishment on the parents – primarily that they must pay the administrative costs of the change, and the child should be allowed to take them both behind the court house and beat them senseless with a baseball bat. (Note the absence of a /s tag here.)

By: s_dog

s_dog — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:04:14 +0000

I’m pretty sure you have to avoid names that sound too much like official titles in some Commonwealth countries: Baron, Duke, Bishop, Deacon, King, Knight, Prince, Lady, etc.

(Sorry, Baron!)

By: CorporatePiggy

CorporatePiggy — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:42:49 +0000

If a parents wants to name their child Beyonce and that child then grows up to be a hooker and later a singer, that’s their business.

By: tjexcite

tjexcite — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:32:19 +0000

Sometimes the control it to maintain the culture as well. You lose your cultural identity when European names are entered into non-European culture. But as North America does not have a dominate culture like Japan or Iceland something need to be regulated for cohesion. Just like language. The powers that be are trying to create a french word for #Hashtag that is in french. Every word needs a french translation. Stores like Walmart are having problems as of late in Quebec with the language police as the name Walmart is to English of name. Even if it is world wide name.

By: Quisp

Quisp — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:53:39 +0000

Why stop at regulating the names? What sense does it make to stop a couple from naming their child “Demon Spawn” but trust their day to day decision-making to raise the child? If you’re doing it “for the children,” why not go all the way?

By: Sachiko

Sachiko — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:40:00 +0000

i feel so sorry for kids with idiot parents who treat them like a joke… isn’t it obvious, you guys, that this needs to be regulated? and yet some of you don’t even want this to be regulated, which is just sad. you actually care more about idiot parents than the kids who are hurt by them.

Because self-appointed aholes want to intrude on every aspect of everyone else’s life? You want to regulate the name I give my own kids? Go eff yourself.

Bishop on February 3, 2013 at 11:11 PM

maybe you should. it’s nice to know that you could not care less about kids who have parents who treat them like pets and give them silly names for their own amusement. and kids are bullied because of their names, which they had no control over, and you could not care less. YES this should be regulated, anyone with a freaking brain would see the logic in that. it’s like you didn’t even think at all before you posted. you saw the words “government regulation” and instantly had a negative reaction to it, but if you actually thought about why this particular thing is regulated, you’d realize that this is very necessary. just… wow. and usually i like your posts but this one was pure stupidity.

Do the names Track and Trig pass the sanity test?

Mark1971 on February 3, 2013 at 11:09 PM

yeah because obviously those names are just as awful as naming a kid “hitler” or naming them after a number. (or “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii,” i mean wtf.)

By: Sekhmet

Sekhmet — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:20:56 +0000

Would it stop this?

By: AngusMc

AngusMc — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:03:11 +0000

I figured some names like Adolf, Benito and Tojo (Hideki, actually) sorta regulated themselves out of popularity on their own.

viking01 on February 3, 2013 at 11:08 PM

There was a news story early in 2012 about a parent in the U.S. who named his kid “Adolf Hitler Campbell.” That kid will be screwed up his entire life as a result.

By: viking01

viking01 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:53:04 +0000

Sih-fy-lus is a beyootiful name.

By: Jackalope

Jackalope — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:45:24 +0000

It’s prounced Az-weep-ay!

Bah! No one remembers that SNL skit.

lorien1973 on February 3, 2013 at 11:38 PM

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