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To: AuH2ORepublican

One of the Scandinavian countries has this. I recall reading to my students a news article from 2 decades ago at least where a woman was actually charged because she named her son “Christophpher.” (Not a misspelling).

My favorite candidate for a woman’s name is “chlaymidia.”


64 posted on 04/08/2021 11:40:50 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: LS

I believe that it was Denmark and that the parents who named their son Christoppher (I think that you got the spelling right) weren’t charged criminally but had to pay a fine once a year for refusing to change the spelling of their son’s name to a name on the official list. That case is from where I got the idea of having a national registry of acceptable names.

Were I in charge of the government, I just wouldn’t let parents register a child with such name, and instead would register the child with the closest acceptable name until the parents chose an acceptable name.

I once knew someone from Venezuela who swore to me that he knew a girl whose given name was “Clitoris.”


65 posted on 04/08/2021 12:19:11 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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