Current Events > These baby names are BANNED in America

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https://nypost.com/2022/10/21/these-baby-names-are-reportedly-banned-in-america/

Millions of babies are born and named in the U.S. each year, but certain names or naming conventions are reportedly banned by state governments. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and singer Grimes reportedly learned this fact in 2020 when they tried to name their firstborn son X A-12 in the state of California. The pair modified the names numeric 12 to the Roman numeral XII, which is acceptable and in accordance with California state law, Fox News Digital previously reported. Other name guidelines the Golden State enforces include restricting names to 26 characters in the English alphabet and a ban on pictographs, emojis and obscene or derogatory names, according to The Bump a parenting news website. Here are five states in America that are said to have name restrictions, according to a report from usbirthcertificates.com, an informational vital record obtainment guide thats independent of national and state governments.

Georgia

The state of Georgia only prohibits symbols (including accents) in baby names, according to usbirthcertificates.com.

New York

New Yorkers who welcome babies are given a 30-character limit for first and middle names and a 40-character limit for last names, according to usbirthcertificates.com. The Empire State reportedly has a ban on numbers and symbols in names.

Ohio

Ohioans are prohibited from using numbers in names, but theyre allowed to have hyphens, apostrophes and spaces in names, according to usbirthcertificates.com.

Texas

Texans have a 100-character limit on first, middle and last names, and each name can only be written in the English alphabet, according to usbirthcertificates.com. The Lone Star State reportedly prohibits numbers and diacritical marks in names.

Virginia

Virginians cant use numbers, symbols or other special characters (including umlauts and tildes) in names, according to usbirthcertificates.com. A few uncommon names have been attempted in various parts of the U.S. and subsequently deemed illegal by state courts, according to a report from usbirthcertificates.com. Ten examples of prohibited baby names reportedly include King, Queen, Jesus Christ, III, Santa Claus, Majesty, Adolf Hitler, Messiah, the symbol @ and 1069. Other names that can be rejected from birth certificates are names that reference trademarked brands, according to usbirthcertificates.com. Disparaging terms can also be rejected, the site states.

How many states can have emoji names

B-b-b-b-but...Seven Costanza...

T_T

Great, now ill never be known as

It's still crazy that Elon Musk would name his child that at all.

Makes me wonder if something is literally wrong with him that I can't say on here.

changing X A-12 to X A-XII only makes it weirder.

Wingdings?

I guess the actual pronunciation of the name is "X Ash A Twelve" - unfortunately.

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Is Joe allowed to name his kid Choppin in Sugondese?

The restrictions on vowel diacritics needs to go. They're important parts of words; e.g. (portuguese) vo and av are two different words with two different pronunciation. If, bizarrely, your name was avo or avo, if you were outside of an English speaking country, no one would know how your name is pronounced.

Checkmate @neonoctopuses

Man that sucks. I really would've liked to name my hypothetical kid "".

there was a baby here that parents tried naming Shithead (pronounced Shuh-thayed)

was really sad

Honestly never thought I'd care much about what people I don't know name their children, but living in the PNW over half my life has changed my mind. People from this part of the world name their kids some absolutely stupid shit, and they don't even need emoji's or weird symbols to do it. There really should be limits so we don't get ridiculous shit like the Wiesblatt hockey family.

So in Ohio you can't name you kid this:

Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 pronounced Albin.

That is what a Swedish couple tried to name their kid.

VampireCoyote posted...

there was a baby here that parents tried naming Shithead (pronounced Shuh-thayed)

was really sad

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