New Zealand Doesn't Like Your Kid's Name

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:46 am

This would tick me off. Where does anyone get off deciding what you can name your child? It reminds me of that American guy who legally changed his name to "Trout Fishing in America" because he liked the book so much.

Pat and Sheena Wheaton said they decided to name their new baby "4real" shortly after having an ultrasound and being struck by the reality of his impending arrival.

"For most of us, when we try to figure out what our names mean, we have to look it up in a babies book and ... there's no direct link between the meaning and the name," Pat Wheaton told TV One on Wednesday. "With this name, everyone knows what it means."

But when the parents filed the name with New Zealand's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, they were told names beginning with a number were against the rules.

The government office has opened negotiations with the parents about the name under a policy that says all unusual names must be given case-by-case consideration.

"The name has not at this stage been rejected," Registrar-General Brian Clarke said in a statement Thursday. "We are currently in discussions with the parents ... to clarify the situation."

Clarke said the rules are designed to prevent names that are "likely to cause offense to a reasonable person." Satan and Adolf Hitler were proposed names that have been declined, he said.

If no compromise has been reached by July 9, the baby will be registered as "real," officials say.

New Zealand law requires all children born in the South Pacific nation to be registered with the Births, Deaths and Marriages registry within two months of birth.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:53 am

they could have gone with Four Real maybe?

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:58 am

RedGlitter;642387 wrote: This would tick me off. Where does anyone get off deciding what you can name your child? It reminds me of that American guy who legally changed his name to "Trout Fishing in America" because he liked the book so much.

N.Z. couple can't name their son '4real'

1 hour, 58 minutes ago

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand authorities have blocked a couple's bid to officially name their new son "4real," saying numerals are not allowed.

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Pat and Sheena Wheaton said they decided to name their new baby "4real" shortly after having an ultrasound and being struck by the reality of his impending arrival.

"For most of us, when we try to figure out what our names mean, we have to look it up in a babies book and ... there's no direct link between the meaning and the name," Pat Wheaton told TV One on Wednesday. "With this name, everyone knows what it means."

But when the parents filed the name with New Zealand's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, they were told names beginning with a number were against the rules.

The government office has opened negotiations with the parents about the name under a policy that says all unusual names must be given case-by-case consideration.

"The name has not at this stage been rejected," Registrar-General Brian Clarke said in a statement Thursday. "We are currently in discussions with the parents ... to clarify the situation."

Clarke said the rules are designed to prevent names that are "likely to cause offense to a reasonable person." Satan and Adolf Hitler were proposed names that have been declined, he said.

If no compromise has been reached by July 9, the baby will be registered as "real," officials say.

New Zealand law requires all children born in the South Pacific nation to be registered with the Births, Deaths and Marriages registry within two months of birth.

The real problem with using a number instead of a letter could have to do with electronic scanners reading everything from passports to credit cards and screwing up data.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:06 am

Pinky;642410 wrote: Or Farreal? They could have come up with something unusual and no-one would have known what was behind it.

yeah, that's what I was thinking. Maybe it's the number that's throwing them??

there's a celebrity couple here that named their son Seven, I think that's kinda cool! :-6

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:13 am

Pinky;642419 wrote: I like unusual names, but 4Real just sounds a bit stupid IMO. A different spelling would have worked though!

I alway liked River, as in River Phoenix.

It's probably a good job I don't have children, they'd all be called names from Harry Potter or LOTR!!!!

You can just imagine it...

'Severus! Gandalf! Remus! Time to come in!' :wah: :wah:

:wah:

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:36 am

Pinky;642409 wrote: Is this the start of people trying to write down their kids names in text speak because of laziness?
They should let them name those kids whatever they want, But they shoud have to change their own names to IBSTUPID and IBDUMBASS.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:44 am

Pinky;642393 wrote: I know I shouldn't laugh, but people tried to call their kids Adolf Hitler?

You'd have to be a nazi piece of work to do that.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:51 am

Uncle Kram;642515 wrote: You'd have to be a nazi piece of work to do that.
Classic:wah:

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:58 am

Pinky;642409 wrote: Is this the start of people trying to write down their kids names in text speak because of laziness?

Yes, ****ing no attention span having, illiterate, sloths.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:04 am

Wendybird;642539 wrote: With the amount of texting and IM's around I have always wondered when people will start to use them as names.

"Hi, my name is lol, this is my wife pmsl with our twins wtf and roflmao......."

:rolleyes:
And our baby Cya

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:32 am

Wendybird;642539 wrote: With the amount of texting and IM's around I have always wondered when people will start to use them as names.

"Hi, my name is lol, this is my wife pmsl with our twins wtf and roflmao......."

:rolleyes:

that would be appropriate for so many reasons.........:yh_rotfl

Richard Bell · Post by **Richard Bell** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:34 am

sunny104;642416 wrote:

there's a celebrity couple here that named their son Seven, I think that's kinda cool! :-6

That was a Seinfeld episode.

George Costanza wanted to name his first born "Seven", because it was Mickey Mantle's number.

When Susan's cousin wanted to use it, he protested, and offered her "Soda" as a replacement.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:39 am

Richard Bell;642564 wrote: That was a Seinfeld episode.

George Costanza wanted to name his first born "Seven", because it was Mickey Mantle's number.

When Susan's cousin wanted to use it, he protested, and offered her "Soda" as a replacement.

no, they're singers. Not sure of the exact spelling of they're names: Andre 3000 and Eryka Badu.

I can distinguish between fiction and reality........

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:40 am

Not PC related but I thought at one point it would be neat to have kids named Acetylene, Solder and Flux.

Yeah...I'm one of those people. :-3

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:41 am

here:

Badu has a son named Seven (b. 1997) with ex-boyfriend André 3000 of OutKast fame. On July 5, 2004, Badu gave birth to a daughter, Puma, in her Dallas home; the father is the hip-hop MC known as The D.O.C..[1]

Badu also serves as an activist in south Dallas where she grew up. Her charity organization, Beautiful Love Incorporated Non Profit Development (B.L.I.N.D.) provides community-driven development for inner-city youth through music, dance, theater and visual arts.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:43 am

RedGlitter;642567 wrote: Not PC related bit I thought at one point it would be neat to have kids named Acetylene, Solder and Flux.

Yeah...I'm one of those people. :-3

I would've seriously considered Elvis.......

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:44 am

sunny104;642569 wrote: I would've seriously considered Elvis.......

Yeah I would have seriously considered him too if Linda Thompson hadn't been in the way. :wah:

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:47 am

RedGlitter;642570 wrote: Yeah I would have seriously considered him too if Linda Thompson hadn't been in the way. :wah:

:wah:

SouthAPT · Post by **SouthAPT** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:20 pm

sunny104;642569 wrote: I would've seriously considered Elvis.......

I was almost named Elvis.... my mom was obsessed. I love my father very much:D

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:23 pm

SouthAPT;642755 wrote: I was almost named Elvis.... my mom was obsessed. I love my father very much:D

:wah:

Hey now. You probably would have made a cool Elvis. Except you'd have to put up with all those "Elvis has left the building" jokes every time you went anywhere.

SouthAPT · Post by **SouthAPT** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:30 pm

RedGlitter;642761 wrote: :wah:

Hey now. You probably would have made a cool Elvis. Except you'd have to put up with all those "Elvis has left the building" jokes every time you went anywhere.

:wah: No, I know. I wouldn't have minded. I think I'd actually be the one annoying others with that joke! Every time I leave the party......!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:21 pm

Fifi Trixibelle, Pixie, Peaches, Heavenly Tigerlily, Apple - some of these names could almost be considered as child abuse. 4Real pales in comparison to the load these kids must carry in the school playground.

More screwball celebrity names

http://www.innocentenglish.com/celebrit ... names.html

God’iss Love Stone !!!! Essenz Astral !!!!!!!!!!! Sailor Lee!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello Sailor !! ARRRRGGJGJJGJJGJGJJ

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:31 pm

Lorelei, Jude, Autumn Sunshine (No I am not a hippy, but I went to school with a girl by that name, and I love it), Faith Louise, and Malcolm.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:34 pm

Sage Moonblood

-Sly Stallone's son

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:55 pm

It's 4 Re Al...As in ReAl 4 - 0 Malarky...

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:03 pm

I nearly quoted Sage Moonblood, but thought that might be Native American and offend, if I thought it odd. Grin. It is a bit way out there, though.

We should invent some proper Aussie names. I mean that arent nicknames like Blue, Paddo, Smithicles, Ginger Megs etc

Maybe Damper Smith, Coolabah Tree Jones, Billabong Jackson, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo Little, Daood Kangaroo Supur, Sydney Harbour Bridge Chan. etc...

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:55 pm

AussiePam;642799 wrote: Fifi Trixibelle, Pixie, Peaches, Heavenly Tigerlily, Apple - some of these names could almost be considered as child abuse. 4Real pales in comparison to the load these kids must carry in the school playground.

More screwball celebrity names

http://www.innocentenglish.com/celebrit ... names.html

God’iss Love Stone !!!! Essenz Astral !!!!!!!!!!! Sailor Lee!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello Sailor !! ARRRRGGJGJJGJJGJGJJ

my niece's name is Sailor!

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:22 pm

Don't forget Frank Zappa's kids, Moon Unit, Dweezil and the other one.

911 · Post by **911** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:51 pm

Someone has to stop the madness!!

Had a guy come to jail the other day with a middle name of Orange. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you my favorite name of all times, privacy crap and all that. Let's just say when I had to say the name on the air, I was ribbed for days! Kissing sounds and people asking if I really wanted them to do it.

Whatever happened to Bob and Mary and Debbie and Tim and. . . .well, you get my drift. I can't pronounce half the names I come across theses days.

I feel sorry for school teachers. How do they know how to pronounce them before school starts? :-3

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:56 pm

I always planned to name my kids weird stuff...Ahuvela, Winnetka, Thrush, Durango...but nothing stupid (ok, judgement call, I know) like Demi Moore's kids Scout and Rumer. She didn't even spell Rumer right!!

My cousin's fourth daughter is named Riley Kay. Kay after our grandmother Katherine but Riley?? Isn't that what you'd name a dog? :-3

911 · Post by **911** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:00 pm

You used to be able to tell someone's sex by their name. Not anymore. Girls have more boys names than girls name now.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:56 pm

A kid called Thrush would probably get a hard time in Australia, RG. Thush er Down Under, is slang for a female complaint down under otherwhere known as 'candida albicans'. Grin.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:00 pm

AussiePam;643089 wrote: A kid called Thrush would probably get a hard time in Australia, RG. Thush er Down Under, is slang for a female complaint down under otherwhere known as 'candida albicans'. Grin.

Oh yeah...here it's an oral fungal infection. Never really thought about that.

Henry's looking good right about now. :wah:

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:00 pm

AussiePam;643089 wrote: A kid called Thrush would probably get a hard time in Australia, RG. Thush er Down Under, is slang for a female complaint down under otherwhere known as 'candida albicans'. Grin.

:yh_think...

Very interesting...

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:12 pm

RedGlitter;643090 wrote: Oh yeah...here it's an oral fungal infection. Never really thought about that.

Henry's looking good right about now. :wah:

so whenyou talk about it in the US its oral thrush

[quote=AussiePam;643089]A kid called Thrush would probably get a hard time in Australia, RG. Thush er Down Under, is slang for a female complaint down under otherwhere known as 'candida albicans'. Grin.[/quote]

and when you go down under its down under thrush

there is a joke there somewhere

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:17 pm

Jimbo get your coat.....

:wah: :wah:

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:05 am

Gosh, I think I've just been appreciated!! It's the Solstice of course. :sneaky: