ROME (Reuters) - An Italian court has ruled that a couple could not name their son "Friday" and ordered that he instead be called Gregory.The parents registered him as Friday in the city hall and a priest even baptised him as Friday.
When the boy was about five months old, a city hall clerk brought the odd name to the attention of a tribunal, which informed the couple of an administrative norm which bars parents from giving "ridiculous or shameful" first names to children. (So "Ruby Tuesday" or "Joe Friday" would have been okay I guess!).
The tribunal said it believed the name would hinder him from developing "serene interpersonal relationships."
The family appealed but lost their case.
The appeals court ruled against Friday because it recalled the servile savage in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe and because superstitious Italians consider Friday an unlucky day. full story here.
14 comments:
Well Wed. My name is Ralph
It's no better in Malaysia.
Children can't be named after animals, insects, fruit, vegetables, colours, numbers, or have royal or honorary titles, names of Japanese cars, and a whole list of others.
I named my Teddy Bear "Mohammed."
In Japan, the government must approve the name of each child. A number of years ago a couple tried to name their child "God," and even though they sued for the right, they lost. In the USA, thousands of people have their legal name as just "God." It's true.
A judge refused to let Chicago Bears fan Scott Wiese change his name to Peyton Manning.
A judge in New Jersey wouldn't let Edward Forchion change his name to "NJWeedman.com"
The Mexican government mandates the all male children of illegals born in the US must be named Jose.
You can't use the "N" word in California as a name.
Lee v. Superior Court
9 Cal.App.4th 510
And the DMV took back my vanity plate with the "N" word on it!
That was the other "N" word, Nimrod!
I remember when I lived in Arizona where some idiot wanted to change his name to "anonymous." The judge refused. The "anonymous" guy went on the local news and radio stations complaining.
I got your
'serene interpersonal relationship'
right here.
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