In Case You Missed It. . .

What is it with the Kiwis and kids’ names?  I have previously discussed this at:

http://bytesdaily.blogspot.com/search?q=talula 

The Sydney Morning Herald on 20 July 2011 had another article about the issue:

http://www.smh.com.au/world/a-devil-of-a-name-put-on-nz-banned-list-20110719-1hn3l.html#ixzz1SamDH6tJ

A devil of a name put on NZ banned list

Tamara McLean, Auckland

Naming your new bundle of joy Lucifer has been effectively banned by New Zealand's names registrar after three parents had the odd request knocked back.

The country's Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages has been cracking down on mothers and fathers getting too creative with their children's names, ruling out punctuation marks such as . (Full Stop), * (Asterisk) and / (presumably ''Slash'').

News: Bogan Names in New Zealand

"The names Fish and Chips, Masport, and Mower, Yeah Detroit, Stallion, Twisty Poi, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit have not been registered."

- Brian Clarke, Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, New Zealand, pointing out how responsible his department has been. He was responding to criticism from Judge Rob Murfitt of the Family Court, who had made an 8 year old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed from Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.

The judge discovered New Zealand parents had given their children some other unusual names including Number 16 Bus Shelter and Midnight Chardonnay, both of which may relate to the conception of the child. One child was named Violence and two pairs of twins were called Benson and Hedges and Fish and Chips. The children from one family were all named after six-cylinder Ford cars.

Source: SMH 25.07.2008-
http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/name-change-for-talula-does-the-hula-from-hawaii/2008/07/25/1216492681783.html

More about names

 

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

-          William Shakespeare

Juliet, Romeo and Juliet 

Bytes has previously written about New Zealanders naming their kids with weirdo and bogan names.  See:

http://bytesdaily.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-case-you-missed-it_20.html

http://bytesdaily.blogspot.com/2010/01/news-bogan-names-in-new-zealand.html 

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,

and I'm not sure about the former.”

-          Albert Einstein-           

The willingness to name a kid something weird without thought for consequences is not confined to our Kiwi cousins, the Seppos also have their moments (we in Oz may also have our quota but it is not reported).  In 2009  a child named Adolf Hitler Campbell and his sister Aryan Nation have been taken from their family by child welfare workers. The New Jersey, US, Division of Youth and Family Services removed three-year-old Adolf and his younger sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell (named after SS head Heinrich Himmler) from their home but would not provide reasons.  Dad Heath Campbell claims to be related to a member of the SS.  Mum Deborah also has a normal name.  How did all this come to light?  Because Mum and Dad received publicity for making an issue of the unwillingness of the local cake shop to put the words “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler” on the child’s birthday cake.  According to aggrieved father Heath:  “Other kids get their cake. I get a hard time.  It's not fair to my children.”

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/little-hitler-taken-from-parents/story-e6freuy9-1111118571654