Why do some countries regulate baby names?

[Svartalf]

That's how you still see people with names like Vigdis, Finnbogi, Thormund or Grim, that should have passed away with christianisation... not a bad thing to cling to good habits.

[Coito ergo sum]

That's how you still see people with names like Vigdis, Finnbogi, Thormund or Grim, that should have passed away with christianisation... not a bad thing to cling to good habits.

They should have had cultural preservation ministries in the middle ages. Then we'd still be saying "forsooth" and "whither goest thine...."

[Svartalf]

Forsooth, there be wisdom in what thou sayest.

[MrJonno]

Generally in most cases regulation of name isnt really required but the general principle is parents do not have rights over their children, they have responsibilities. One of those is to give them a name that will allow them to function in society. Calling a child Fuckwit Shithead is going to make that somewhat difficult

Parents do have rights relative to their children, though, even in the UK.

Well the gov does seem to call rights 'parental responsibility' but its generally not a freedom to do something more an obligation. Children have rights its parents job to ensure that are upheld. A child has a right to an education, its a parents job (and society in general) to ensure they get it

https://www.gov.uk/parental-rights-resp ... onsibility

[hadespussercats]

I still feel sorry for poor Moon Unit Zappa.

Really? I don't.

Once your last name's Zappa, all bets are off.

Besides, it's better than Alicia Silverstaone's baby, Bear Blu.
Also- she fed him by chewing the food herself and spitting it into his mouth. Like a cormorant.

[hadespussercats]

I hate the name Jayden as much as I hate the line of names like Shamiqua and Tamiqua.

I believe some variety of Jaden/Jayden is currently the #1 name for baby boys in America.

Shamiqua and Tamiqua are fine. No worse than super-white names like Chad or Travis or Todd.

[Bella Fortuna]

I still feel sorry for poor Moon Unit Zappa.

Really? I don't.

Once your last name's Zappa, all bets are off.

Besides, it's better than Alicia Silverstaone's baby, Bear Blu.
Also- she fed him by chewing the food herself and spitting it into his mouth. Like a cormorant.

No fucking way!

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

Jayden is a stupid name and my son, Mindyourownbusinessandgofuckyourself, agrees.

[klr]

I still feel sorry for poor Moon Unit Zappa.

Really? I don't.

Once your last name's Zappa, all bets are off.

Besides, it's better than Alicia Silverstaone's baby, Bear Blu.
Also- she fed him by chewing the food herself and spitting it into his mouth. Like a cormorant.

No fucking way!

That's alright for birds, but not mammals.

Now someone's going to remind me that some mammals do in fact feed their young like this.

[laklak]

Some mammals do, in fact, feed their young like that. Alicia Silverstone, for one.

[klr]

Some mammals do, in fact, feed their young like that. Alicia Silverstone, for one.

And I was ready for that as well.

Back on topic: I would ban the use of girly names like "Mary" for boys, which seems to be an Irish disease, albeit a very rare one now.

[Cormac]

Some mammals do, in fact, feed their young like that. Alicia Silverstone, for one.

And I was ready for that as well.

Back on topic: I would ban the use of girly names like "Mary" for boys, which seems to be an Irish disease, albeit a very rare one now.

Wasn't it usually as a second name?

And of course, there was Marion Morrison. (I suppose, without the second "a" it is probably a boys name, but it always seemed a bit "boy named Sue" to me...

[klr]

Some mammals do, in fact, feed their young like that. Alicia Silverstone, for one.

And I was ready for that as well.

Back on topic: I would ban the use of girly names like "Mary" for boys, which seems to be an Irish disease, albeit a very rare one now.

Wasn't it usually as a second name?

It was, but eventually the unfortunate boy would get "found out" at school, and never be able to live it down.

And of course, there was Marion Morrison. (I suppose, without the second "a" it is probably a boys name, but it always seemed a bit "boy named Sue" to me...

Yup, I'd thought of that one as well. He got the "Marion" from his grandfather, so you'd have to back a bit to find out what was really going on with that. But there/are have been other male Marions - Marion Barry for example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion

All Yankees

[pErvinalia]

I still feel sorry for poor Moon Unit Zappa.

Really? I don't.

Once your last name's Zappa, all bets are off.

Besides, it's better than Alicia Silverstaone's baby, Bear Blu.
Also- she fed him by chewing the food herself and spitting it into his mouth. Like a cormorant.

[pErvinalia]

Jayden is a stupid name and my son, Mindyourownbusinessandgofuckyourself, agrees.