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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.

Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.

Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said.

The new name was not made public to protect the girl's privacy.

"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child's parents have shown in choosing this name," he wrote. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."

The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her "K" instead, the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.

In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.

Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.

New Zealand law does not allow names that would cause offense to a reasonable person, among other conditions, said Brian Clarke, the registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Clarke said officials usually talked to parents who proposed unusual names to convince them about the potential for embarrassment.

The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her "K" instead, the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.

Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.

Ya'll this story is totally real. Ummmm, isn't that what nicknames are for in the event your parents give you a jacked up name????


[Edited 7/24/08 9:34am]

SCNDLS said:

I'm sorry but WHAT! What the hell kind of name is that for your kid??? What is that anyway the point of conception???

RenHoek said:

I've read about certain celebrities naming their children after the place of conception.

Can you imagine if everyone were named for the place of their conception? One would know quite a lot about a person (well, perhaps more about their parents, really...) just by name alone, were that the case.

Introducing people at parties would be fascinating! "Chevy Nova Backseat, I'd like you to meet Twilight Motel Room #3. Over there in the corner is Kitchen Table, she's Safeway Parking Lot's date."

RenHoek said:

I've read about certain celebrities naming their children after the place of conception.

Can you imagine if everyone were named for the place of their conception? One would know quite a lot about a person (well, perhaps more about their parents, really...) just by name alone, were that the case.

Introducing people at parties would be fascinating! "Chevy Nova Backseat, I'd like you to meet Twilight Motel Room #3. Over there in the corner is Kitchen Table, she's Safeway Parking Lot's date."

RenHoek said:

I've read about certain celebrities naming their children after the place of conception.

Can you imagine if everyone were named for the place of their conception? One would know quite a lot about a person (well, perhaps more about their parents, really...) just by name alone, were that the case.

Introducing people at parties would be fascinating! "Chevy Nova Backseat, I'd like you to meet Twilight Motel Room #3. Over there in the corner is Kitchen Table, she's Safeway Parking Lot's date."

WillyWonka said:

I'm named after the place I was conceived.

Parents should be able to name their children whatever they want to. If they're taking care of them and loving them and providing for them the government shouldn't have shit to say. If the kid doesn't like their name go by a nickname until you're 18 and you can legally change it.

Parents should be able to name their children whatever they want to. If they're taking care of them and loving them and providing for them the government shouldn't have shit to say. If the kid doesn't like their name go by a nickname until you're 18 and you can legally change it.

"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child's parents have shown in choosing this name," he wrote. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."

SCNDLS said:

i see your point but in this case the judge's opinion was that the parents had done a poor job of taking care of their child by so naming her

XxAxX said:

A lot of things parents do "makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily" the name is only part of it.

Sweeny79 said:

definitely true. i say it again and again - not everyone who CAN breed should breed

WillyWonka said:

I'm named after the place I was conceived.

SCNDLS said:

i see your point but in this case the judge's opinion was that the parents had done a poor job of taking care of their child by so naming her

WillyWonka said:

umm... WillyWonka? (kidding)

Some Unique names are very nice and others are just plain crazy. Who calls their kid Violence?

RenHoek said:

I've read about certain celebrities naming their children after the place of conception.

Can you imagine if everyone were named for the place of their conception? One would know quite a lot about a person (well, perhaps more about their parents, really...) just by name alone, were that the case.

Introducing people at parties would be fascinating! "Chevy Nova Backseat, I'd like you to meet Twilight Motel Room #3. Over there in the corner is Kitchen Table, she's Safeway Parking Lot's date."

WillyWonka said:

It could get confusing: "Get over here Bed! Not you, Bed, I mean Bed!"

XxAxX said:

Considering how many children are physically and emotionally abused in the world, I think this judge's time woulda been better used dealing with one of those cases. Again, she coulda gone by a nickname. Or just Talula. I'm sure her parents are NOT constantly calling her "Talula Does The Hula". I say if you can name your kids Moon Unit and Dweezil anything goes.

XxAxX said:

My given name is actually Bullwinkle E. Hfuhruhurr, and I was teased relentlessly as a child because of it.

I thought the name 'Willy Wonka' would cut down on the number of afterschool beatings and look better on credit cards.

SCNDLS said:

i think the name change was a sub-part of the custody battle. looks like the judge just did the child a favor along the way.

and the child could not have just used a nickname, for the simple reason that any time she was required to be identified by her full name, liike school registration, etc. she would have to disclose that whole lame thing.

i do understand where you are coming from, but seeing as how the child herself hates the name, what happened is good imo.

FunkMistress said:

Did your parents conceive you on an air compressor? While running an errand? While putting air in the car tires?

WillyWonka said:

hmmmm. maybe i should have MY name changed. then again, 'engelbert felicia humperdink' is kind of sensual, don't you think?

WillyWonka said:

Erin is Gaelic for Ireland, where my mother is from and where I was conceived.