Italian court bans parents from naming their child.....

[stardazzle]

.....Friday well the italian equivalent.

[stardazzle]

oops story here ban

[GrimmaTheNome]

wondering if the Italian law prohibiting names which are "ridiculous or can embarass" should be extended to the USA and the Geldof family...

[K999]

I think this kind of thing has happened in NZ already!

[K999]

I have to laugh as I named dd2 the Norse name for Friday!! Well she was born on a Friday and liked the name so it seemed like destiny!!

[thisisyesterday]

how awful. poor parents

[geraldinetheluckygoat]

My ds1's name is african and means boy born on a friday!

[TheDuchessOfNorksDied]

... and the Court chose his new name.

[nickytwoooohtimes]

While I dislike many unusual names, I hate the idea of a court being able to ban them. A tad right wing, me thinks...

[nickytwoooohtimes]

Oh, and Friday is not a bad name.

[frazzledoldbag34]

How utterly bizarre. And even more bizarre that the court chose the childs name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore]

But surely calling your child Friday is not that different to Wednesday, April, Autumn, Summer etc.

Its not a great name but I don't think it would have caused ridicule or embarasment.

[Ellbell]

I'm surprised the priest baptised him with the name Friday. I thought it had to be a saint's name? [possibly ill-informed emoticon]

Anyway, looking at the Italian press, they've not called him Gregorio (which would be kind of OK) but Gregorio Magno (or Gregory the Great) which is, frankly, as ridiculous as Venerdi/Friday.

[MmeTussaudsChmberOfChocHobnobs]

The registrar can refuse to register a baby with a strange name in Germany. They don't get to decide on the alternative though.

We were armed with baby name books are were a tad disappointed that we did not need them when registering our DCs Scottish names.

[frazzledoldbag34]

What about Sunday Roast (Rose)?
Lucky Nicole Kidman doesn't live in Italy then.

[Sputnik]

This is silly. I live in Italy and know someone called "Bambino".

[Sputnik]

I also heard of a family who had a Primo, Secondo, Terzo, etc etc.

I wonder who brought this case and how it got to court? Just seems totaly bizarre

[Brangelina]

There's a reporter called Bimba di Maria, which literally means child of Mary.

Primo, Secondo et al were popular in farming families up north, apparently. One guy DP knows is called Settimo (seventh) who was - you've guessed it - the seventh child in his family.

There are some quite weird names by Italian standards at DD's school, how they got past the inspectors I don't know

[Buckets]

In Spain there is a list of permitted names you have to choose from I believe. Includes the name Concepcion!

[Sputnik]

Yes my DD has a school mate named Kristal.
And every other girl is named Asia.

[2Helenback]

Can't believe the court got to name the baby! That's outrageous.

Gregory the Great sounds like he should have his own statue or portrait somewhere in Hogwarts.

I amre-reading Harry Potter at present, and pregnancy hormones are causing me to stop and think 'hmm, Cedric'.... Thank goodnes dh and/ or the firm hand of the law will be able to prevent such things.

[Liffey]

I prefer Gregorio to Venerdi, but tbh, I'm surprised a judge stepped in for 'Friday'. There are FAR more ridiculous names on those lists we had yesterday. Friday isn't so shocking. There are Tuesdays and Sundays out there. In fact, everyday except Saturday works OK, if you like that kind of slightly quirky but familiar thing.

Is the sur name Magno? Gregory the Great! I kind a like that too.

[Liffey]

Friday is more sensible than 'baby' or 'seventh'. I don't understand their reasoning!

Friday is a little feminine sounding however, and Gregory the Great sounds quite fierce. Two very different styles!!

[Ellbell]

Gregorio Magno

(Magno is not the surname, it's part of the first name imposed by the court. Mad!)

[Liffey]

Oh he was a pope? Maybe fierce not the right adjective then! (blush]