Original source : http://www.globalpost.com
Posted : May 2013
Author : Kyle Kim
What were these parents thinking?
You thought "Apple" and "Facebook" were
bad? Some New Zealand
parents were getting so creative devising unique names for their newborns that
the country's Department of Internal Affairs has stepped in to stop the
shenanigans.
New
Zealand isn't the only country where you
have to have your baby name approved. CNN reported Sweden has also axed names like
"Superman" and the inexplicable "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116."
While there's a fair debate to be had over parents' liberty to call their
childen whatever they please, we can't help but breathe a sigh of relief for
the babies who've narrowly avoided the childhood trauma of a truly bizarre name.
Seriously - could you imagine being the poor kid named "."?
Imagine
the first day of school:
Apple: "Hi, I'm Apple, and this is my friend
Facebook."
.: "Hi, I'm '.'"
Apple and Facebook look at each other awkwardly.
Apple: "Um, what?"
.: "In New
Zealand we say 'full stop.' You know, for
this -" (Child draws a period on a sheet of paper.)
Apple: "Well, in the US, we say 'period,' so I'm going
to call you that."
Apple and Facebook giggle mercilessly.
Here are 71 of New Zealand's banned names, along
with the number of times they were rejected in the past 12 years or so:
1. Justice - 62
2. King - 31
3. Princess - 28
4. Prince - 27
5. Royal - 25
6. Duke - 10
7. Major - 9
8. Bishop - 9
9. Majesty - 7
10. J - 6
11. Lucifer - 6
12. Use of brackets around middle names - 4
13. Knight - 4
14. Lady - 3
15. Use of back slash between names - 8
16. Judge - 3
17. Royale - 2
18. Messiah - 2
19. T - 2
20. I - 2
21. Queen - 2
22. Sir - 2
23. III - 2
24. Jr - 2
25. E - 2
26. V - 2
27. Justus - 2
28. Master - 2
29. Constable - 1
30. Queen Victoria - 1
31. Regal - 1
32. Emperor - 1
33. Christ - 1
34. Juztice - 1
35. 3rd - 1
36. CJ - 1
37. G - 1
38. Roman Numerals III - 1
39. General - 1
40. Saint - 1
41. Lord - 1
42. . (period) - 1
43. 89 - 1
44. Eminence - 1
45. M - 1
46. VI - 1
47. Mafia No Fear - 1
48. 2nd - 1
49. Majesti - 1
50. Rogue - 1
51. 4real - 1
52. * (asterisk) - 1
53. 5th - 1
54. SP - 1
55. C - 1
56. Sargent - 1
57. Honour - 1
58. D - 1
59. Minister - 1
60. MJ - 1
61. Chief - 1
62. Mr - 1
63. V8 - 1
64. President - 1
65. MC - 1
66. Anal - 1
67. AJ - 1
68. Baron - 1
69. L B - 1
70. H-Q - 1
71. Queen V - 1
2. King - 31
3. Princess - 28
4. Prince - 27
5. Royal - 25
6. Duke - 10
7. Major - 9
8. Bishop - 9
9. Majesty - 7
10. J - 6
11. Lucifer - 6
12. Use of brackets around middle names - 4
13. Knight - 4
14. Lady - 3
15. Use of back slash between names - 8
16. Judge - 3
17. Royale - 2
18. Messiah - 2
19. T - 2
20. I - 2
21. Queen - 2
22. Sir - 2
23. III - 2
24. Jr - 2
25. E - 2
26. V - 2
27. Justus - 2
28. Master - 2
29. Constable - 1
30. Queen Victoria - 1
31. Regal - 1
32. Emperor - 1
33. Christ - 1
34. Juztice - 1
35. 3rd - 1
36. CJ - 1
37. G - 1
38. Roman Numerals III - 1
39. General - 1
40. Saint - 1
41. Lord - 1
42. . (period) - 1
43. 89 - 1
44. Eminence - 1
45. M - 1
46. VI - 1
47. Mafia No Fear - 1
48. 2nd - 1
49. Majesti - 1
50. Rogue - 1
51. 4real - 1
52. * (asterisk) - 1
53. 5th - 1
54. SP - 1
55. C - 1
56. Sargent - 1
57. Honour - 1
58. D - 1
59. Minister - 1
60. MJ - 1
61. Chief - 1
62. Mr - 1
63. V8 - 1
64. President - 1
65. MC - 1
66. Anal - 1
67. AJ - 1
68. Baron - 1
69. L B - 1
70. H-Q - 1
71. Queen V - 1
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