This may help / Or not 1) Zealand: If you need a refresher on what the names were that were banned in New Zealand, they are: Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii, Fish and Chips (twins), Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit.
2) Italy: Venerdi (translates to 'Friday'). An Italian couple were banned from naming their child Venerdi. This was due to the fictional character Friday in 'Robinsone Crusoe', the court thought the name would leave the child open to 'mockery' and was associated with 'subservience and insecurity".
3) Sweden: I really don't know why the Swedes chose to ban Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, it sounds like a perfectly reasonable name to me! The couple who were trying to use this name (which they were going to pronounce 'Albin') were turned down. Other names that have been banned in Sweden are Metallica, IKEA and Veranda.
4) Norway: Gesher (translates to "Bridge"). The woman who tried to name her child Gesher ended up in jail after not paying the fine for giving her son an unapproved name.
5) Malaysia: Chow Tow (translates to 'Smelly head'). Other names which are banned are: Ah Chwar ('Snake'), Khiow Khoo ('Hunchback'), Sor Chai ('Insane'). Why didn't I think of calling one of my boys "Sor Chai Chow Tow"?
6) China: '@'. Apparently the @ symbol looks like the Chinese character for "love him", but the name was denied anyway.
7) Germany: Miatt. Poor Miatt was denied by the regulation-mad Germans, who have a whole department devoted to deciding what names are appropriate. Other names banned in Germany are: Stompie, Woodstock and Grammophon.
8) Denmark: Denmark have banned ... hehehehehe .... 'Anus' as a name. 'Anus' was only one of the 250 names which Denmark has banned ... (anus, hehe).
9) Portugal: Portugal is pretty strict with their names, with more than 2,000 names on the rejected list. For example you're allowed to use Tomás but not Tom, and your certainly can't call your child Ovnis (which translates to UFO).
10) Japan: Amongst the many Japanese banned baby names, one man tried to call his son Akuma (Japanese for 'Devil'), which was denied.
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