What kind of parent would name their child “unwanted”
I cannot imagine.
One that would call a pregnancy "a problem".
Wow, that is just heartbreaking and brings tears to my eyes. What a bunch of pretty young ladies in the photograph. I cannot imagine any person being so devoid of humanity as to do that to his or her child.
Parents raised in a culture that considers girls a burden, sadly.
A liberal, during pregnancy.
...What kind of parent would name their child “unwanted”...
Oh I don’t know, maybe a mother named Stanley?
Not that bad. We had a contest in my office once [former prosecutor] for dumbest defendant names. Runners up were sets of siblings Lawrence and Larry, Hiawatha and Osceola, and Eldorado and Coupe de Ville. First runner up was a girl named female [fe-mahl-ae]. Winner was a female named Placenta.
Some1 being “punished with a baby” (the president’s own words)
Reminds me of some mournful Biblical names that commemorated the depressing context in which the child was conceived or born. Ichabod (the glory is gone) is one such name. Another name IIRC means “painful.” Still, to call a child “unwanted” in any language is rather cruel. How does the child understand that this naming situation is the parents’ fault, not the child’s? Good on the Indians for providing a way to purge that ugly name. It would be better if they would ban it.
Oh... the “painful” name is “Sarai.”