What's in a Name?

[AntRobertson]

WTF!!!??? Don't know whether to laugh (at the stupid parents and ridiculous names) or cry (for the unfortunate children)...

Name change ordered for 'Talula does the hula'
New 1:26PM Thursday July 24, 2008



A Family Court judge has ordered a girl be put in court guardianship so her name - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii - can be changed.

Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt said he had concerns over the girl's name - and others with equally strange names - creating a social hurdle for them as they grew up.

The custody case judgment was made in February but was brought to light today.
Judge Murfitt made written findings on the issue public after discovering some New Zealand children had names such as Number 16 Bus Shelter, Violence and Benson and Hedges (twins).

Some children in Taranaki had been named after six-cylinder Ford cars.
"Recently, for the first time in my experience as a Family Court judge, the name of a child described in text language has emerged," Judge Murfitt said.

On that occasion the mother had named her daughter O.crnia but was prepared to concede to a condition of a parenting order so it could be adjusted to Oceania.

A lawyer for Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii had reported the nine-year-old was so embarrassed about her name that she had not revealed it to her friends and was other wise known as "K".



The lawyer said the girl feared being mocked and teased, and had a better insight about the situation than her parents, who appeared not to have given any thought to implications of giving their child such a name.


Registering for exams or applying for a passport or driving licence would have presented difficult issues.

Legislation on the Internal Affairs website says names must adhere to the following criteria;

* Must not cause offence to a reasonable person
* Must not be unreasonably long (less than 100 characters long including spaces)
* Must not be without adequate justification, be, include or resemble and official title or rank
* Does not use punctuation marks, brackets or numbers
- NZPA

[November Rain]

WTF is wrong with parents that give names like that? My sister & I have quite ordinary names, but both have meanings (rather than just straight 'names'). Because of that, we both got the piss taken out of us growing up, her far more than me.
There is a certain pun that people still use to me that they all think is hilarious & so original (!) and I always feel like punching whoever is delivering it.

How people can intentionally set their children up for ridicule, guffaws & disbelief throughout their lives is beyond me.

[Cujo]

I named my son King. Sometimes I have doubts but it seems to suit him somehow. As a kid it might be a pain sometimes but as an adult a good talking point I think.

[The Fresh Prince]

I think my parents were taking the piss when they named me. I leagally dropped my middle name when I was 18 coz it was so fookin stoopid. It did have a biblical meaning but that didn't matter when any of my mates would catch a glimpse at my passport.

[AntRobertson]

There is a certain pun that people still use to me that they all think is hilarious & so original (!) and I always feel like punching whoever is delivering it.

I have complete empathy for you on that. Not because of a name though; people find out you're a lawyer and they think that they're the very first person to tell you their hilarious lawyer joke(s).

I don't punch them though, just sue them for gross unoriginality in a public place.

[The Fresh Prince]

There is a certain pun that people still use to me that they all think is hilarious & so original (!) and I always feel like punching whoever is delivering it

People imediatly break into song when they hear my name. (the parts i didn't drop) I think it's funny and since I've been hearing this since I started school I can usually do a much better rendition than them. I think it builds a bit of character getting the piss taken out of you and it makes you better equipped for funnier come backs.

[Norton]

Remember in the 60s during the "flower child" generation when naming kids got really out of hand.
Moonbeam, Flower, Aquarius, Peace, Blaze, Petal, Prosperity, Athena just to name a few.

Then we have the ever popular Jesus used by Latin countries.

[AntRobertson]

"Blaze" - I don't actually mind that one.

Naming kids is focking hard I reckon. The list we came up with was very lengthy (although baring in mind we had to pick 2). And of course for every name we suggested everyone had a different opinion and 7 different new suggestions.

In the end we jsut said fock it, narrowed it down to the 6 we liked best, and chose from there.

[Norton]

"Blaze" - I don't actually mind that one.

Be very good for a stripper.

Just in case you have another addition. Here are some suggestions.

Hippy Names

[AntRobertson]

Just in case you have another addition

Bite your tounge!

No more for us, factory's closed, tools have been downed. Besides all of which I think I lost the original list of names and too much like hard work to make another.

[buriramboy]

Personally i don't agree with giving kids stupid names, but seeing as it is generally only the rich and famous who do it, all their kids will end up being at the same elitist schools so none of them will stand out.

For the record i called my daughter Annabel

[Norton]

There is a certain pun that people still use to me that they all think is hilarious & so original (!) and I always feel like punching whoever is delivering it.

What would that pun be then? Only thing I feel that fits with your name is Delta! Hardly a punchable offense.

[reinvented]

Then we have the ever popular Jesus used by Latin countries

i always told bkk bargirls my name was jesus (eh-zeus) and i was a pharmaceutical salesman from colombia, took em a whoile to get there tounge around that

named for the gang leader off hill street blues of course
a fine name, a name of distinction

[AntRobertson]

named for the gang leader off hill street blues of course
a fine name, a name of distinction

??????

[Texpat]

^ It just dawned on me... that boy's ginger.

[Jet Gorgon]

John Cash -- A Boy Named Sue hehehehe

[Sir Burr]

There was a bloke in England that named his kid "Chelsea 4 Arsenal 2", or, something like that.......crazy.

Seems the worst culprits are celebrities.

[nedwalk]

There is a certain pun that people still use to me that they all think is hilarious & so original (!) and I always feel like punching whoever is delivering it.

sorry NR, i get a giggle only out of your vex is all though, honest...
and what about those other poor buggers trapped in their parents lack of imagination, i.e. phillip phillips or bob roberts and the calssic richard head, around here there are a family with the surname 'kuntz' poor buggers at least they did,nt get a street named after em

[Ivor Biggun]

The name Winston will go down in the annuls of history. Not for being the name of a great war priminister but for being the last white person, in Britain, to be called it.

[Moss]

I know a couple whose surname is Ward and they named their son Harrison.

Nothing unusual there you might ask, but unfortunately the Harrison Ward is the name of the local clinic for VD and other STD's, I guess he is in for some abuse as he gets older.

[Texpat]

I wanted to name our golden retriever Bhumibol, but my wife thought it a poor choice. We settled on Yako.

[DrAndy]

Remember in the 60s during the "flower child" generation when naming kids got really out of hand.
Moonbeam, Flower, Aquarius, Peace, Blaze, Petal, Prosperity, Athena just to name a few.

Then we have the ever popular Jesus used by Latin countries.

I knew a girl whose dear maother called her Psyche, which would have been Ok except for her surname, Dell

her mother is a prat

[DrAndy]

oh yes, I used to know an Irish guy called Bill Duk.

the funny thing was that he had changed it from Donald

[Ivor Biggun]

Didn't Frank Zappa name his kids some stupid names back in the '60s ?

[November Rain]

^ One was called 'Moon Unit'