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<p>What would ‘Moon Unit Zappa’ and ‘Yahoo Serious’ say?</p>
<p>It is more likely that the list will shrink over time to only one - Hugo.</p>
<p>My D has a co-worker named “Razorback” (Go Hogs!)
They call him “Ray.”</p>
<p>Latin American socialism meets French language intolerance. I think Cartera probably has it right. What is the feminine form of “Hugo?” Hugette? Hugolina? Hugollen?</p>
<p>Would “Evita” still be on the list?</p>
<p>Hugollen makes me think of huge and swollen. Perfection!</p>
<p>At least there won’t be any babies named ~@~2Awesome.</p>
<p>Good one, cartera!</p>
<p>In all seriousness, I hope that this proposed law does not quash some of the beautiful names that are used in Venezuela. Names like Nairobi (for girls), Tibisay (girls), and Aliyure (also for girls).</p>
<p>I thought this was the funniest thing I had seen in a long time. Of course it’s totalitarian and wrong, but I sometimes wish an authority in this country would tell a few people “You can’t seriously name your son/daughter THAT!”</p>
<p>Hee-hee.</p>
<p>mom- I don’t that you have to worry about that. The article I read said they wanted to stop people from using names like “Superman.” Supposedly, when Hugo questioned the voter roles at some point, he used the example that Superman voted. Sure enough, there were a couple of Supermans on the roles and they interviewed one on television. Seems to me that crushes every parents’ dreams of their kids growing up to be Superman though.</p>
<p>I have seen first names such as “Prince,” “Princess,” “Doctor,” and obviously made-up combinations with hypens, 2 apostrophes, and internal capitals. It just makes it hard on the kid–and their teachers! </p>
<p>And I have nothing against creative, musical names. It’s the original or unorthodox spelling variants that drive me crazy.</p>
<p>There are lots of rules in European countries regarding legal names for children. I think Germany has only 1000 officially ok-ed names for infants. </p>
<p>When my friend wanted to name her newborn daughter “Echo Chasm” I could understand the point of such laws. Her D wound up as “Echo Forest” but she tells everyone her name is Penelope Theresa. Go figure.</p>
<p>Icelanders are only allowed Icelandic names. Laws like these are fairly common, I know in many parts of Europe and at least New Zealand as well.</p>
<p>Sweden also has a naming law. Those totalitarian bastards!</p>
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<p>I’m all for freedom, but I wish people would just use common sense and good taste (I know, I know… how do you define or agree on that?!). Long before Gwynneth Paltrow named her baby Apple, I met a little girl in my D’s kindergarten class named Apple. It’s just so odd to name your kid after a fruit. I guess I just don’t get it. Some people will do anything to be different. I wonder if the parents were happy or sad when the actress named her D Apple?</p>
<p>Re: Apple. Maybe they’re hoping their daughters will be forbidden fruit?</p>
<p>I’m pretty conservative when it comes to names, but for some reason “Apple” doesn’t bother me. I actually think it’s sweet, maybe she’s the Apple of their eyes? Anyway, I prefer Apple over names like Precious, Moon Unit, ESPN, Kal-El, Talulah, or Phinneas. </p>
<p>I also think if you’re going to give a kid a common name, give them the normal spelling to go with it. We have an Emmilly in our school. Makes me want to say her name verryy slloowwllyy. And all the Caitlin/Katelyn/Caitlyn/Katelin/Kaitlin/Kaitlynns of the world need to have a convention and vote on a single spelling for their name. I know a kindergarten teacher who had SEVEN Caitlins in her class - and every single one spelled it differently.</p>
<p>That said, I don’t think the government can legislate common sense.</p>
<p>I’m probably the only person who thinks the name Hazel is sort of pretty, but it was forever ruined by that Shirley Booth sitcom…
I think Julia Roberts may have chosen it for one of her babies, though.</p>
<p>You can’t legislate something like this. No wonder communism goes hand-in-hand with fascism.</p>
<p>I looked in stores to see the common spellings on bike license plates, etc. Better to be a “Jeffrey” than "geoffrey.</p>