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http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2015/01/26/french-judge-says-parents-cant-name-their-daughter-nutella/A French judge has ruled no.
When a newborn baby in Valenciennes was named after the chocolate-hazelnut spread, the Officer of Civil Status was alarmed and reported the name to the local court. A judge decided the parents didnt choose the moniker with the childs best interest in mind, according to a report in La Voix du Nord....
The name Nutella given to the child is the trade name of a spread, the courts decision read, according to Google translator. And it is contrary to the childs interest to be wearing a name that can only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)Kit Kat, Nestle, Smarties, sour patch kid, jelly belly, Eminem.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Ptah
(33,032 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Try getting some chocolate without it. You'll be looking for a while.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)If so, why so?
rug
(82,333 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)I could understand not naming you child Mayonnaise .
orleans
(34,060 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)kairos12
(12,862 posts)Archae
(46,337 posts)Give the kid a really stupid name?
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)a few years ago, a Japanese couple decided to name their daughter "Mao"-- not as in "Mao Tze-tung", but as in 魔王--the Japanese word for "Satan". Fortunately for the girl, the local authorities refused to register the name.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)Problem solved.
perfect!!!
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)tavernier
(12,392 posts)I
Sometimes you feel like a nut...
Most times you are...
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)orleans
(34,060 posts)for my baby.
i asked the hospital if i could name my child anything i wanted. they said yes. i asked if i could even give my child a different last name or *any* last name i wanted. they said yes. i remember i asked: "i could name my baby frank zappa if i wanted to?"
they said yes.
i did not name her frank zappa, in case you were wondering. but the nice thing was that i had that option.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...whose name was spelled Jerome. His mother was constantly pissed off because people always mispronounced it. According to her, it was supposed to be said the same way as Jeremy. Ri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ight! Dumbass mother.