Choosing a baby name is a big responsibility and, often times, a very harddecision to make.
Sometimes, though, there isn’t a whole lot of choosing for parents to do.
In fact, they may have even banned your chosen baby name.
Here are some interesting banned baby names and baby-naming laws in other countries.
But if you’re in Malaysia, you won’t be able to name your newborn 007. you’re free to’t really fault them for their logic.
Malaysia made the decision to nix any numbers as names, which means 007 is officially out.
Nevertheless, Malaysia does allow its citizens the right to appeal.
Maybe one lucky, or unlucky, 007 will squeeze through the cracks someday.
The name is not pronounced phonetically (if that’s even possible).
According toBBC News, it’s actually pronounced Albin.
Because that makes sense, right?
Under the law, names have to be approved by authorities before they can be used.
If authorities deem the potential name inappropriate, offensive, or otherwise unsuitable, it’s out.
Last names as first names?
Exceptions are made if you’re an expat or from a different culture, though.
Despite the odd law, Norway has been dubbedthe best place to livein the world for over a decade.
So maybe there’s something to this naming policy, after all.
The law was formed when parents named their child Tessa in the 1960s.
Tessa was apparently too similar to the Danish word “tisse,” which means “to urinate.”
Pluto, Monkey, and Anus no joke were just some examples he provided.
Since geographical names aren’t gendered, they’re generally just rejected.
Sorry Chicago and North West, your names would likely be prohibited.
That’s not Iceland’s only naming quirk, however.
Annually, the committee receives around 100 applications and ends up rejecting roughly 50 percent.
One of the biggest reasons for rejection is that Iceland requires all names to be compliant with Icelandic grammar.
If a name uses letters outside of the Icelandic alphabet, it won’t pass.
The Cardew family had the same problem with son Duncan.
The latter, which actually sounds quite beautiful in English, translates to “martian” in Spanish.
In Sonora, all social media-based baby names are out.
Martian and other extraterrestrial-esque names are also banned, as are medical procedure names.
You have to wonder how many children Sonora has already spared from being called Cesarean or Episiotomy.
Pre-ban, a couple named their child Juan Calzon, Ramirez confirmed.
That is, “Juan Panties.”
Imagine trying to learn a 99-character name in preschool, though yikes!
Kiwi officials will also attempt to reason with parents to prevent children being given embarrassing names.
What even is a sex fruit?
There are more questions than answers when it comes to those names, that’s for sure.
Believe it or not, officials have allowed some equally strange names to proceed.
Violence, Number 16 Bus Shelter, and Midnight Chardonnay areactualnames ofactualpeople in New Zealand.
Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii was also bestowed upon a baby in the island country.
By 2016, it was still ranking in the top 100, at number 57.
Despite its popularity in America, a child would not be permitted to be named Sarah in Morocco.
Sarah is a Hebrew name, not an Arabic one.
The more you know, right?
Local authorities, instead, have determined that to mean namesmustbe Arabic-Islamic.
This is particularly troubling for Amazigh (or Berber) people, an ethnic group indigenous to Morocco.
Nevertheless,there are some guidelines.
For instance, German parents cannot choose a name that will cause any adverse effects to the child.
Here’s where it gets a little tricky.
Oddly enough, the one exception is the name “Maria.”
If you want, you could give your son the middle name Maria in Germany.
At least you don’t have to pick from a list, right?
A baby named Linda?
Part of the crackdown also involved Saudi officials banning a few names of “Western origin.”
