Name News

Afghan women are often forced to keep their name secret, even from doctors. But some are fighting back.

Saudi Human Rights watchdog: It is illegal for child’s name to be contempt of dignity

Illegal baby names don't have to be that crazy to get banned. These baby names wound up in courts around the world, and some were judged forbidden.

Es war einmal eine Familie, die war in freudiger Erwartung ihres ersten Kindes – eine Tochter hatte sich angekündigt. Vater und Mutter hatten zwei

In a world ruled by databases and Real IDs, I suspect we're quietly swayed to choose different kinds of names, too. And that's too bad!

6 names added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Birmir, Hafalda, Hrafnsunna, Ivar, River, Ullur) and 4 names rejected (Bened, Hannalísa, Lúsífer, Theó)

An Auckland couple have won a four-and-a-half month battle with the Government to name their baby son Saint.

12 names added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Aldur, Delía, Evelía, Heidi, Jarpi, Jasper, Katra, Ljóni, Marley, Reinhard, Thorsteinn, Yrkir) and 2 names rejected (Amarie, Ezra)

I live in Estonia and in order to register the  birth and his name, I have to prove that the name Colvyr exists and is being used by a real person."

She went on to ask if anybody knows of someone with that name who could help her out.

A baby boy called Ġanni is the first child to be officially named using Maltese fonts after an IT system change that recognises letters in the national language.
For the first time since the system was digitised, Maltese characters can be included in the public registry and on I

Many parents are wondering if they should change their child's name if they don't like it.

Yay for Malta! Years ago, I mentioned that Malta was the only nation I knew of in which parents were not allowed to register baby names in the national language. Why couldn’t they? Because Ma…

Das deutsche Namensrecht ist zu kompliziert, zu unübersichtlich und in Teilen sogar in sich widersprüchlich. Zu diesem Schluss ist eine Arbeitsgruppe mit

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In January 2020, ten names were submitted to the Icelandic naming committee for approval. Six of them were approved and four rejected:

He named the child Bryan Feyenoord, although he said that he and his wife sadly later split up.

A press release from New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs revealed the baby names rejected by the government in 2019.

Banned baby names in Iceland have caused much controversy over the years and now there's a new name on the forbidden list: Lucifer.