NZ Judge Bans Bizarre Names

[kyliejane]

Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do
Thu Jul 24, 5:41 AM ET



WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.

Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.
Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said.
The new name was not made public to protect the girl's privacy.
"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child's parents have shown in choosing this name," he wrote. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."
The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her "K" instead, the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.
In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.
Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.
New Zealand law does not allow names that would cause offense to a reasonable person, among other conditions, said Brian Clarke, the registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Clarke said officials usually talked to parents who proposed unusual names to convince them about the potential for embarrassment.

Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do - Yahoo! News

Sex fruit - holy shit!

[Fastgirl]

Well fuck....would someone hunt down Gwyneth and get poor Apple a new name.

Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit....jesus....THIS is why a lot of ppl shouldnt breed. sheesh.

[JaR6d]

more worried about the ones that were aloud.. Bus Shelter? WTF!

[Scoundrel]

Reminds me of that huge gaylord on the yank version of so you think you can dance (the auditions) who called himself 'Sex' and he looked like a damn World Of Warcraft nerd.

[millsy]

I would the judge to ban celebrities from using my first name as a last name and from Girls having my first name as a first name. It's a boys name dammit!

[-Stevo-]

Originally Posted by millsy

I would the judge to ban celebrities from using my first name as a last name and from Girls having my first name as a first name. It's a boys name dammit!

you're a guy? but millsy is a girls name!

[Mockery]

A friend of my sister's worked at Centrelink and kept notes of the weirdest bogan names which came across her desk...
Quite a few "Neo's" and Trinitys, and a pair of twins called "Master" and "Slave".
There were more but I can't remember.

[millsy]

Arghhhhhh!!!!

Have at you!

[kyliejane]

i want to change my name to "yeah detroit!" now haha

[The Saint]

If any judge tries to rename Nig or Boogie, Jake the Muss is just gonna lose it altogether.

I wonder if you're still allowed to name your son Gaylord.

[millsy]

Originally Posted by kyliejane

i want to change my name to "yeah detroit!" now haha

I think someone called Yeah would lend to some hilarious intimate moments,

oh Yeah.....