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Saralyn · 14/09/2024 12:35

There isn’t an approved list in Norway, but you cannot give surnames as first names, and you cannot give names which would do the child a disservice. Examples of those that you are not allowed to give your child are royal titles, swear words and deceases.

SonicTheHodgeheg · 14/09/2024 12:23

StamppotAndGravy · 14/09/2024 10:40

Lists of names are great until you have immigrants. How would you feel if John was banned because only Jean is a real name?

In many countries with approved lists, foreigners have leeway to use names common in their country.

Moonshine5 · 14/09/2024 12:09

SuziQuinto · 14/09/2024 10:55

It's a nickname or a general term for boys. Give a child a proper name.

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Define proper, words evolve @SuziQuinto
Would you say
"My friend has an Aga in her kitchen" or
"My friend has a Aktiebolaget Gasaccumulator cooker in her kitchen"?
Do you say "gif" or "graphics interchange format"?

Are you saying to anyone called "Archie" that they should change it to Archibald? Why is Archie not a proper name according to you ?

I think you're going too far and should let Archie be Archie and Sunny/ Sonny.

Live and let live.

Moonshine5 · 14/09/2024 12:00

SunnieShine · 14/09/2024 11:09

Me, too. Nothing wrong with it.

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@SunnieShine great username 👏

SuziQuinto · 14/09/2024 11:54

SunnieShine · 14/09/2024 11:09

Me, too. Nothing wrong with it.

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Would you call your daughter "Girly"?
Give them a name.

MrsSkylerWhite · 14/09/2024 11:53

We were looking up names for our first child in 1994. Came across a list of the oddest names registered in the US that year in a newspaper. Among them, Cigarette and Nicey Horsey 😁

NewGreenDuck · 14/09/2024 11:27

I think there were parents in New Zealand (?) who weren't allowed to call their daughter, wait for it...
Tallulah - does - the - hula- in - Hawaii.
I mean, really!
Having met some kids with stupid spellings of name, I agree with the decision.

Bumcake · 14/09/2024 11:27

Sinisterdexter · 14/09/2024 11:09

Didn't Zowie Bowie give his dd the same name?

Yes, which is weird because he goes by Duncan.

RuggedHairyTortoise · 14/09/2024 11:09

Dragon is quite a common name in some parts of the Balkans and eastern Europe though. Usually spelled Dragan. It means 'beloved'.

SunnieShine · 14/09/2024 11:09

Moonshine5 · 14/09/2024 10:54

@SuziQuinto
I adore the name Sonny and associate it with some amazing people.

Me, too. Nothing wrong with it.

Sinisterdexter · 14/09/2024 11:09

Didn't Zowie Bowie give his dd the same name?

MrsSkylerWhite · 14/09/2024 11:04

In some cases, yes.

Can’t really see the issue with this case, sounds ok to me. I’m not Brazilian, though.

KnickerlessParsons · 14/09/2024 11:02

RandomMess · 14/09/2024 09:17

I'm sure in France you have to pick off the approved list. It's not such a bad idea really.

I think it's the same in Czechia too.

DesigningWoman · 14/09/2024 11:00

RandomMess · 14/09/2024 09:17

I'm sure in France you have to pick off the approved list. It's not such a bad idea really.

Not since 1993. The civil servant doing the registration can, however, still refer your name to the procureur de la République if there’s a case to be made that the child may suffer from your choice of name. I remember when our friends were registering their daughter (with a foreign name as her mother isn’t French), there was a case in the news because a French couple had used a name with a tilde in it (ẽ,ã,ĩ etc), which doesn’t exist in French and was thus problematic.

SuziQuinto · 14/09/2024 10:57

I bet she's an Angel.

AgnesX · 14/09/2024 10:56

One of my sister's new students is called Delight.

Personally I like it, it makes me smile 😊

SuziQuinto · 14/09/2024 10:55

Moonshine5 · 14/09/2024 10:54

@SuziQuinto
I adore the name Sonny and associate it with some amazing people.

It's a nickname or a general term for boys. Give a child a proper name.

Getonwitit · 14/09/2024 10:54

Spenditlikebeckham · 14/09/2024 09:16

Some bizarre names are allowed.. At least that was a proper name. Ds's mate has just called his ds Chancie after the phrase he used to place bets..

That is child cruelty.

Moonshine5 · 14/09/2024 10:54

@SuziQuinto
I adore the name Sonny and associate it with some amazing people.

CheeryUser · 14/09/2024 10:54

I disagree. It’s your child and your decision.

Moonshine5 · 14/09/2024 10:52

Many countries veto certain names

Biggirlnow · 14/09/2024 10:52

I do think the courts should be able to stop names involving expletives, Hitler, Devil, things with non-letter symbols etc.

I don't think they should be able to stop things like Piye which a) is an actual historical name, b) isn't the same word as plie, and c) even if it was, how many young kids know what a plie is? It would just be his name. It makes me think Pele more than plie.

Arabesque, Jete and Fouette could be nice names!

SuziQuinto · 14/09/2024 10:43

UtterlyOtterly · 14/09/2024 10:07

I have met some children in the course of my career whose names have made me think an approved list would be a good idea.

Oh god, me too.
Plus, what's with all the boys called "Sonny"? Why not just call him "Boy Child"?.

StamppotAndGravy · 14/09/2024 10:40

Lists of names are great until you have immigrants. How would you feel if John was banned because only Jean is a real name?

MadinMarch · 14/09/2024 10:39

I read the other day in a local paper that someone was going to call their baby son either 'Soon to be extinct' or 'going extinct'!
The article was a bit unclear which one it was, but I kid you not...