This was originally posted on July 18, 2011
We all realise that the task of naming your baby can be an interesting adventure and over recent years we have seen a wide variety of names being used for babies. Celebrities have continued the trend for unusual names for their babies – recently David and Victoria Beckham named their new born girl Harper Seven. While this trend for strange celebrity baby names has continued, it has also seen the general public being influenced and choosing bizarre names for their own children. This had led to concern from some governments that the situation has got out of hand.
Baby names in New Zealand have been a contentious issue as the government has been preventing parents from naming their children strange baby names. Recently the Registrar for Births, Deaths and Marriages in New Zealand has prevented a set of parents from calling their baby Lucifer. In fact they have produced a list of 102 baby names that they will not accept, and are banned. In a direct opposite to Lucifer, Messiah is also featured on the list. Although these are probably not the strangest baby names, one that features on the list certainly is and that is “.” – yes, that is correct. A full stop.
In the UK a similar story has emerged, with Stallion banned, but Violence allowed. Baby names have become controversial, and it is no wonder that following the trend for bizarre baby names that has been set by celebrities, that a wide variety of names have been put forward.
