Apparently in Sweden, names have to be approved by the tax authority, and several have not made the cut, prompting the writing of this article from Motherlode. The article references examples of children named “Q,” “Adolf Hitler,” “4 Real,” and “Google.” Certainly, such names grab attention, but it’s not clear whether they cause actual harm, at least I can’t find any research to back up the strong reaction such names garner. Do kids with funny names actually get beat up more often? On the other hand, what is it like to grow up named after an atrociousperson who caused so much suffering? I’m not sure whether to laugh, grimace, be dismissive, or call my congressional representative.
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I don’t know if you heard aboout this, but a last summer there was an article that talked about a couple who were in a custody battle over their child ane because of her name the judge took the kid away from both her parents until her name could be changed. The girls name was Talula does the hula in Hawaii but she told all her friends her name was “k”. Now new Zealand has put a rule on baby names. Here is the article,
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/article.html?in_article_id=233591&in_page_id=64
June 19th, 2009
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