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In October 2018 many news websites started reporting on the couple of Adam Thomas and Claudia patatas as they came under scrutiny
Simply due to the naming of their child many wanted the name to be banned
Now this might sound silly but it kind of falls into place when you realize they gave their child the middle name of Adolf in honor
Of the former German leader. This isn't the only instances in history. However that the name of a child has come under scrutiny
Certain names have come under scrutiny
or outright banned across the world
Some due to the history held with the names like, well, Adolf and some just because of how silly they are the name
the name Akuma has become illegal in Japan due to it being the Japanese word for devil
and in France
Parents were disallowed from naming their daughter Nutella while this might sound somewhat silly and let's face it
A lot of the time it is a lot of countries have compiled lists or banned names with some nations taking a step further
One that comes to mind is the naming laws in Sweden, Sweden enacted a naming law in 1982
Which mean that all children born in the country have to have their first names approved by the government
This was first introduced all the way back in 1901 meant to prevent non-noble families giving their children noble names
over time this change and the law reads in English that first name shall not be approved if they can cause offense or can
Be supposed to cause discomfort for the one using it which is a logical way to put it of course a famous example of this
Is with baby BRFXXCCXXMNPCCCCLLLMMNPRXVCLMNCKSSQLBB11116
which is pronounced Albin
yet perhaps the most interest in case of name control in a country is with the island nation of Iceland
while most countries have a list of banned names
Iceland has a list of approved names the collection of just a few thousand names put together by the Atlantic naming committee if you have
A child in Iceland and wish to give it a name not on the list
You have to send a request to the Icelandic naming committee
And hope they approve it and they make very well not as to have a name approved by the Icelandic naming committee
It has to be a name that can fit into the convention and grammar of the Icelandic language
an example of this would be with the name Carolina which isn't allowed and must be
Karólína instead of to fit with Icelandic culture and language another
interesting example
happen in
2014 with Harriet and Duncan two children living in Iceland with their parents from the UK when it came time to renew their passports the
Icelandic government didn't approve their names as they didn't fit with the Icelandic
conventions leaving them in the eyes of the law to be simply called girl and boy their British father said that all this is really
Rather silly which perhaps the most British way of going about is there are of course many more rules on baby names across the planet
But this video isn't just a curious look at the weird baby names of funny rules or names from across the globe
I wish to apply some my own thinking
Ideas onto the subject is this, well, banning certain names the correct thing to do so from here on out in the video we are
somewhat leaving the world of facts and sources behind
I'm not really going to share my personal opinion on the matter
But more some of the schools of thought that I fought about on the subject
You may think something completely different and that's completely fine. So I live in a country with far less street naming rules
I've known people personally with very unconventional names
so it's something I'm used to freedom of expression is a big thing here in the UK article 10 of the Human Rights Act of
1998 explains that everyone has the right to freedom of expression
This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and receive and impart information and ideas without
interference by public authority and to my ears
This sounds like you should apply to what you can call your child if you want to name your child something unique you have
To write to you about being denied it by the government
Of course in conjunction with this, people should perhaps be aware that even though they have the right to name a child anything there are
Names that have perhaps more taboo than some and this is where a retort can come into play
Let's look back at the Swedish naming law
it states the name cannot cause offence, but can be supposed to cause discomfort for the one using it and this is so so
Important naming a child is unlike naming a car or a pet tortoise that tiny baby will grow up and become another human in
Society a ridiculous name given by uncaring parents can have huge ramifications for the child once grown up in society and in the workforce
even before the child as an adult kids at school can be creative with bullying names even
Normal conventional names kids can still find a rhyme or a pun to bully others
so giving your child a name that's easy to make fun of straight away can be damaging of course, however
Or a talk to this can be that when the child is old enough if they can legally change their name
anyway
Of course, you can have very silly names
But what I'm more interested in is the name we started with Adolf in fact, The name is just another name
However, the name Adolf has become cemented as a taboo name
Thanks to the actions of just one man
But he isn't the only notorious figure in history many people in history have done awful things
But their names haven't gone down in infamy of being banned or dub taboo. Where is this line?
Drawn take the name of the most infamous Russian leader Joseph Stalin. He did many bad things in his time
But the name Joseph has remained a popular given name not becoming
Associated with the one figure like Adolf has the main reason names can be taboo is due to the people
Associated with them while the general consensus may be that Adolf is a taboo name as we saw at the start of this video
There are clearly small pockets of society who do not see it as a taboo name
but rather a name that should be
Celebrated and this can work the other way round a name of some who's generally considered to be a good person could be a name
Of taboo to another person. It's all about our individual ideologies
Perhaps most interestingly is looking into the future names that are now taboo are due to the history associated with them
But history is always being made and we might not know what the future holds
Say if there's another tyrannical dictator in the future who goes down as well the most infamous people in history
Say if they had a common
Conventional name like John or Sarah what would become of that name in the fallout of world war ii the name adolf dropped in?
popularity and people already with the name use a nickname the Adi Dass found that Adolf Dassler started going by Adi after the war would we
Lose the name as common as john due to something like this happening. What would happen today? Many people already called John?
Anyway, I've been rambling one for far too long
I definitely can't wait to see their like to dislike ratio on this one
But maybe we should go back to that initial question. Is it right to bad names?
Well, it's hard to figure out a definitive answer there's arguments for and against there and that's okay
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