They did let her parents name her that, a judge let her change it at 9
*It's a new hard line for the agency that made headlines in 2008 when it was revealed to have approved a series of strange monikers, among them Benson and Hedges, twins named after the cigarette brand, and Violence and Number 16 Bus Shelter, both for boys.
One girl was so traumatised by her name, Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, that she had it legally changed at age nine. In accepting her name change in 2008, Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt said odd names had the ability to scar children as they grew up. ''It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap,'' he said.*
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