Every country has their own sets of laws. Some may be acceptable but others are downright
crazy. While there are laws set for the betterment of the country there are also those that are
set to protect children from dumb parents. Here are a few names that you are legally
not allowed to give your child. At number one is Gesher also known as Bridge.
This one takes place in Norway. In 1994, Norwegian citizen Krisi Larsen gave birth to her 13th
child and decided to give him the name that came to her in her dream and that was � �bridge.�
She then later decided to translated bridge to Hebrew, which translates to Gesher. Unfortunatley
for her the government rejected the name, and 1995 she was told to give the 10 month
old a name from the official list of acceptable Norwegian names,(yes there�s even a list)
like Odd or Roar. But Larsen wasn�t to keen on changing it to which the officials warned
her that if she didn�t change the name, she was looking at a $420 fine or two days
in jail. Larsen lost the court case and went to prison rather than admit wrong doing.
At number 2 Nutella Now we know everyone loves Nutella so why
not name our kid after something we love? Well if you�re in France and you love the
chocolaty delight you might have to rethink that decision. Now they don�t have a lot
of restrictions on names. Up until 1993 they had a list that new parents could pick from
but after that year they decided to relax that law. While there weren�t many outrageous
names the one that caught the courts attention was the name Nutella. The court ruled that
the name would lead to the child being teased and wasn�t in the best interest of the girl.
When the parents failed to appear in court, the judge ruled that the girl�s name be
changed to Ella. At number 3 is Venerdi (Friday)
Here is another day we all love, but Italian officials feel that it should only remain
a day in the week and not a child�s name. A couple named their son Venerdi, which is
French for Friday they were inspired from a character in Robinson Crusoe. But Friday
is a somewhat stereotypical native servant, and the court ruled that the name is connected
with �subservience and inferiority.� And asked the parents to change it but they decided
to define the court and said that they were going to keep calling their son Venerdi, and
would probably name their daughter Mercoledi (Wednesday).
At number 4 is Staalman (Superman) So most of us love superheroes and it has
crossed our mind of naming our kids after these fictional characters. Sara Leisten of
Gothenburg decided to do just that when her her son was born with one arm raised above
his head just like everyones favorite- Superman.Unfortunately for Sara a judge ruled that the name was too
much like a surname, and that was against the rules in Sweden. This ruling caused a
lot of uproar because while Staalman wasn't permitted, names like Tarzan and Batman are
allowed. 5. Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii
No this is not a bands name. Some one actually named their kid this. Talula Does the Hula
From Hawaii was born in 1999 in new Zealand and for very obvious reasons was embarresed
by her name. She never revealed her real name to anyone and just went by the letter K. When
her parents got divorced, she was dragged for the court dates along with her parents
and that is when the judge noticed her name and found out she hated it. He then allowed
her to change her name to whatever she liked and the judge punished the parents for being
so irresponsible. Her new name was never released to protect her identity.
6. New Zealand's Other Banned Names Seems like people in New Zealand are forgetting
that naming their child and coming up with a username is completely different. It had
gotten so bad that the country had to come up with with a whole list of names to be banned.
One couple tried to name their child Mafia No Fear. When another couple saw the sonogram
of their baby for the first time and realized it was for real, they named him 4Real. Finally,
for unknown reasons, someone tried to name their child Anal. Then there was Violence,
Number 16 Bus Shelter and how can we forget poor Talula.
7. Sonora, Mexico's Banned Names Seems like Mexico officials aren't playing
around when it comes to baby names. The state of Sonora released a list of 61 names that
were pulled from the baby registry because they deemed inappropriate. Rambo, Robocop,
Facebook, Lady Di, Marciana (Martian), Juan Calzon (Juan Panties) and Circuncision (Circumcision)
are just a few. 8. Osama bin Laden
Now here is one name we will never understand why they would want to name their kid this.
Well a Turkish couple living in Cologne, Germany tried to name their son Osama bin Laden less
than a year after the September 11 attacks. The name was banned because the German government
has two very strict rules when it comes to names. It has to clearly identify the person
as male or female, and it can't be offensive. 9. Saddam Hussein
Another name you shouldn't name your kid. It seems like these people just want to create
controversy. A father in Brazil, Osvaldo Oliveira Soares, tried to name his son Saddam Hussein
in 2001. Luckily, citing the welfare of the child, the courts intervened and told Soares
to get a less dictatorial name. Well you think he would be learnt from his mistake but unfortunately
9 years later he tried to name another son Osama bin Laden, and again the courts intervened.
10. Nazi Names There are some names you just cannot name
your kid but Heath Campbell of New Jersey seems to have forgotten that. Campbell and
his former wife Deborah, who are avowed Nazis, had three children together. They named their
son Antonio Adolf Hitler Campbell, but later dropped the first name, because otherwise
it just sounded ridiculous. Their daughter was bestowed with JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell,
and their third child, again a daughter, was given the name Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell,
in honor of Heinrich Himmler. This came to light after a supermarket refused to write
the name Adolf Hitler on a birthday cake. The kids were then taken away and the couple separated.