Court decides Child's name

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We named him Friday because we like the sound of the name

When the boy was about five months old, a city hall clerk brought the odd name to the attention of a tribunal, which informed the couple of an administrative norm which bars parents from giving "ridiculous or shameful" first names to children

Wonder how Resume feels about this?

 

[vegmom]

And we worry about our government overstepping!

This takes the cake...

 

[reficul_vs_dog]

o...but "Shaleequanaynay" is ok??? (ha, had to spell that fonetically so you'd understand )

 

[Novus Collectus]

And some people wonder why the seperation of church and state is so important.
I am glad I live in America. If a parent wants to name their kid Dweezil or Moonunit, or Mary-Catherine-Josephine-Elizabeth, or simply S, then that is their right.

 

[Sharon]

We named him Friday because we like the sound of the name

When the boy was about five months old, a city hall clerk brought the odd name to the attention of a tribunal, which informed the couple of an administrative norm which bars parents from giving "ridiculous or shameful" first names to children

Wonder how Resume feels about this?

Try these on.

Were there any bizarre names in New York in 1994? YES!

Weird names for Boys:

Abba
Abyss
Amen
Andrew's (note the apostrophe, as if the mother were reminding herself of who
the father was!)
Apple
As-Matik (say it fast, you'll see what I mean)
Bear
Blade
Brando (8 different ones!)
Charm
Confession
Dwarf (I don't even want to think about that kid's childhood)
GQ (must have been a handsome lad)
Gal
Go
Godly
Gospel
Hey (makes it easy to call him in for dinner, Hey! Hey! HEY!)
Holy
Infinite (3 different Infinites, you do the math!)
Knight Sir Lancelot (I'm not kidding)
Lisa (A boy named Lisa?)
Nadir (which means "absolute lowest point", thanks Mom.)
Stalin
Stallone
Truth ($100 bucks the kid becomes pathological liar)
Unique (15 different Uniques, and one Uneek, which when you think about it,
makes him unique)

Weird Names for Girls

Alaska
Albert
Beautiful
Beautiphul (beautiful, but in a strange way)
Boat
Chaos (what were they thinking?)
Chevy (I mean, why not Saab?)
Chevette
Choice (as in, "If I had one, I'd have chosen another name!)
Cuba
Dynasty
Final (does this mean her younger sister is a mistake?)
Galaxy (hope she ain't shy)
He (a she named He?)
Infinity (I guess infinity is any gender)
N/A (as in, not applicable?)
Nada
Precious Angel
Prince
Promise
Providence
Sin
Sparkle
Story
Symphony
Tall (you better hope she is, that's all I have to say)
Tangerine
Tequilla (this means Mom won't get upset the first time you come home wasted)

Treasure
Unique (15 of these as well!)
Virgin (ok, so her name will be obsolete around her 16th birthday?)
Wednesday
ZC (I can't even begin to speculate on that one)

IJMC - Stupid Baby Names

 

[Ken King]

Oh, this is funny on a personal level. The phone number I have out here was previously issued to someone named Friday S. I get a lot of calls for them (I guess it's a him) so many I have started telling them "Nope, not Friday, I am Saturday."

 

[Novus Collectus]

Oh, and "Friday" is a religious word.

 

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

The tribunal said it was protecting the child from being the butt of jokes and added that it believed the name would hinder him from developing "serene interpersonal relationships".

interesting.

I just finished a college Communication course and I don't seem to recall reading ANYTHING about a name lowering your ability to develop quality interpersonal relationships... :shrug:

 

[Cowgirl]

Oh, and "Friday" is a religious word.

As in, "Thank God it's Friday?"

 

[godsbutterfly]

And we worry about our government overstepping!

This takes the cake...

"Friday" is a wonderful name compared to some of the ones these celebrities are sticking on their kids! It should be the parent's choice unless they name him a curse wordor call a child Ugly or Stupid or something like that.

 

[ylexot]

And some people wonder why the seperation of church and state is so important.

What does this story have to do with separation of church and state? The church was fine with the name :shrug:

 

[Novus Collectus]

interesting.

I just finished a college Communication course and I don't seem to recall reading ANYTHING about a name lowering your ability to develop quality interpersonal relationships... :shrug:

Oh yeah? Try getting a date with a last name of Lester and a first name of Moe.
"Hi, I'm Moe Lester" ends a lot of conversations before they even start.

 

[bresamil]

My daughter wants to change her name to Charm. Don't ask, because I don't know why.

 

[ylexot]

Oh, and "Friday" is a religious word.

Ok...and did that have anything to do with the court ruling? No.

 

[Novus Collectus]

What does this story have to do with separation of church and state? The church was fine with the name :shrug:

The judge assigned a Christian religion name because he was born during a Christian celebration day.

 

[Novus Collectus]

Ok...and did that have anything to do with the court ruling? No.

If it was in America it would have....freedom to express one's religious belief and all that.

 

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

Oh yeah? Try getting a date with a last name of Lester and a first name of Moe.
"Hi, I'm Moe Lester" ends a lot of conversations before they even start.

uhhh, welllll...

it is at least something to talk about (no awkward silence) :shrug:

 

[Novus Collectus]

My daughter wants to change her name to Charm. Don't ask, because I don't know why.

Are you all Chinese?

 

[godsbutterfly]

Oh yeah? Try getting a date with a last name of Lester and a first name of Moe.
"Hi, I'm Moe Lester" ends a lot of conversations before they even start.

I kid you not that my sister knows a man named "Willy Raper". Not "William" but "Willy". Guess his parents did not want him!

 

[jazz lady]

Tallulah Belle or Poppy Honey, anyone?

Friends and I were just talking about weird names recently. Somebody mentioned someone had named their kid the @ symbol.