Venezuela Seeks to Crack Down on Odd Baby Names

<p>What about all of the last names being used as first names now? I guess that would automatically make them gender-neutral.</p>

<p>I think legislating names can be dangerous. Isn’t this essentially what new-world Spaniards did to Native Americans in forcing them to take ‘Christian’ names? Ditto with names imposed on indigenous people around the world. Didn’t it happen to African slaves as well? Isn’t it a way to diminish a group’s identity?</p>