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Babies called Braxlee, Blayde, Bleu, Tayzia, Tybee, Tyce, Stryker, Stonker, Spartacus, Maysun, Majesty and Mox

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MollyHuaCha · 16/06/2017 13:12

BearIn Germany, you must be able to tell a child's gender from their first name. You cannot use a surname or the name of an object as a first name.

BearIn Sweden the Naming Law exists to check first names to ensure they do not cause offence or discomfort to the one using it.

BearIn Japan, 'inappropriate' names are banned.

BearDenmark produces a list of around 7000 approved names. Creative spellings are not allowed.

BearIceland rejects baby names that might embarrass the child. Names also need to fit in with Icelandic traditions.

BearIs it time for all countries to give more guidance to parents naming their children?

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KatharinaRosalie · 16/06/2017 14:16

My original country has restrictions, you cannot use names that have too unusual and unsuitable spellings or pronounciations, nothing with numbers and symbols or that are insulting or rude. And yes there are exceptions if you can show you have cultural etc reasons to use this otherwise unusual name.

I don't really mind - there are a lot of areas where the government restricts your right as a parent. Protects children when the parents think it would be really fun to call them Shithouse number 54

Mejse · 16/06/2017 13:55

There isn't a fee here you just have to be able to justify why you want to use the name. The list started at about 7000 but is more like 30,000 now

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MollyHuaCha · 16/06/2017 13:47

Iwasjustabouttosaythat I believe there are 178 countries without name restrictions - too many to list... esp as I'd be so tempted to add a little bear as a bullet point for each.

Mejse thanks for adding to the Denmark view :-). I think other countries on the restricted name list allow you to apply (for a fee) to try to get your unusual name approved too.

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Mejse · 16/06/2017 13:40

I'm living in denmark and you can apply to have a name put on the approved list if you want but it takes a little while. We wanted to be able to visit the UK as soon as possible so we were restricted in the names we could choose. We had to use a more traditional less common spelling of our sons name.
Some names you would consider "normal" in the UK aren't on the list, while others that have recently been approved include: Ninja, Panda, Skat (the Danish equivilant of calling your child Hun), Aloha, Dreng (this is the word for boy) Awesome and Haj (shark).
The rules in other countries aren't as great as you might think

RhythmStix · 16/06/2017 13:35

I thought stonker meant erection?

GeillisTheWitch · 16/06/2017 13:30

Stonker? Surely nobody is actually called that?

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 16/06/2017 13:29

I was going to say something about the bureaucratic difficulty caused by a limited number of names in Denmark, like having several Pia Jensens in the same year at school. But then I thought about names here, e.g. Mary Ryan (I live in Ireland) and how they all seem to get through life without any issues. Maybe 7000 names is enough for a smallish population to get by with. I wonder if they make exceptions for the children born to parents of non-Danish origin?

ILookedintheWater · 16/06/2017 13:28

....but I'm Spartacus!

Iwasjustabouttosaythat · 16/06/2017 13:27

OP, now can you name all the countries that have no/minimal restrictions on names? But no more bears please.

chinlop · 16/06/2017 13:25

There is no reason why the state should have any say in what a person chooses to name their own child, and I would strongly reject any attempt to implement such a rule.

EssentialHummus · 16/06/2017 13:23

I would find it weird and intrusive not to have free choice over my own child's name.

Same here. My heart sinks a little when I see names like those in the OP because - MN cliche coming up - that kid will grow up to be an adult and I think what you're named affects how you are perceived in the job market and socially, but beyond that I can't get riled up any more.

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 16/06/2017 13:20

I would find it weird and intrusive not to have free choice over my own child's name. Which is a little ironic as I didn't get to name my DC as they came with their own name when we adopted them, and I am perfectly happy with that.

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MollyHuaCha · 16/06/2017 13:16

Good reply chinlop! GrinGrin (Bear)

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chinlop · 16/06/2017 13:15

Is it time to stop using teddy bear faces as bullet points?

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