Alternatively, should children be allowed to change their names to one in a restricted list anytime before 18, then to anything after 18?
Alternatively, should children be allowed to change their names to one in a restricted list anytime before 18, then to anything after 18?
Let me give you an example of why you can’t do this:
I think that “Connor” and “Brody” and “Mikaela” and “Chase” are stupid names.
No, names like Vagina, X Squared and Helicopter are stupid names. Connor, Brody and Mikaela are just names you don’t like.
I know what they meant. I was illustrating that the bar can be set much lower.
Who dictates what’s stupid? Where does the sanity end and crazy name start? We can’t be the arbiters of good taste.
In Germany the bureau where you register your child they have a book with tons of names in use around the world. But apart from that it depends on the bureaucrat handling your case. And of course you can always sue in case you don’t like their decision.
There is a German actress whose first name is Wolke (Cloud). She doesn’t know how her parents managed to get that approved. But now she is a case you can point to if you want to name your own child Wolke.
Wolke/Cloud are both pretty names
Wolke is a rare Dutch name for male and female. Wolk would idd mean cloud.
But Wolleke is used for animals i know. Wol = wool.
ke = ( behind a word to make it ) smal
Many countries have law banning stupid name which aren’t a way to give abusive power to a civil servant but to protect kids from crazy parents, so your example doesn’t work