Bad kids names
January 6th, 2012 at 11:00 am by David FarrarStuff reports:
Most-denied names (July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2011)
Justice – 49
Princess – 24
King – 21
Prince – 20
Royal – 12
Duke – 7
Bishop – 7
Major – 6
J – 6
Lucifer – 6
I think any parent who tries to name their new born Lucifer, should be automatically referred to CYFS.
Tags: names, stupid names
January 6th, 2012 at 11:14 am
Lucifer = light-bringer or morning star.
It’s a charming name for a child.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 11:16 am
Hmmm, there is nothing wrong with a lot of these names and it is a bit precious of the government to ban them. Nobody confuses Judge Reinhold, Prince Rogers Nelson or even Duke Morrison (aka John Wayne) with a member of the judiciary or an aristocratic figurehead. Rex is Latin for King, and still appears on British coinage, but nobody bothers to ban that. They are unusual names, all of them, but not so unprecedented as to be unduly weird. Even Lucifer simply means “Light-bringer”.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 11:18 am
why should we protect someone who has a title.
Vote:why have titles aren’t we all equel?
even those with “awards” have been picked over other just as deserving people who serve this country and it’s citizens.
all a load of baloney.
January 6th, 2012 at 11:28 am
I’m sure I’ve seen ‘Princess’ recently – a teenager if I recall correctly.
Yet it is still okay to call brothers Kaos and Havoc…
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 11:35 am
There are sillier names.
Mojo, for example.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 11:41 am
Lucifer is silly, but certainly not the worst.
Who would call their kid Anal? WTF!
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 11:44 am
If Hispanic peoples can call their kids Jesus why not Lucifer and what would happen if an NZer tried to call their kid Jesus ?
I read somewhere Ozzy aborigines gave their kids an interim name until they exhibited skills beneficial to the tribe and were then named accordingly in a ceremony at around puberty.
and euro countries taggin ‘son’ or ‘dottir’ on the end of their names depending on gender. Same as Russians adding an ‘a’ on the end depending on gender.
The point is, it’s a slippery slope when the state decides what you can and can’t call your child baesd on cultural bias.
If the kid doesnt like it they can always deed poll it to something else as an adult.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 11:44 am
I seem to remember that one year ‘String’ and ‘Yawn’ were accepted.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Who would call their kid Anal? WTF!
a sub continental asian comedian…Anal Dikshit anyone ?
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 11:46 am
When I look at DAVID Cunliffe, DAVID Parker and DAVID Shearer I think there is an excellent case for banning all people with the name of David.
Vote:Whoops. What have I said?
January 6th, 2012 at 11:58 am
I don’t think lucifer should be banned. It’s a cool name.
Tell me that kid wouldn’t end up in politics just to fuck with people
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Whoops. What have I said?
errrrrm…nothing entertaining or of interest apart from attempting to validate your nutjob credentials for the assembled masses and ingratiate yourself into the tribe.
as you were
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
I just asked a young person what Lucifer meant. As expected, she did not know. And she’s half way through a uni. degree! I was too disheartened to go through the other names with her.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
My, my Pollywog. You really did wake up this morning with a hell of a hangover didn’t you?
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Think i got a bit of sunstroke yesterday alwyn.
it’s put my fuckwit tolerance meter on extreme low and pushed the bullshit monitor levels well into the red.
i reckon its a side effect of AGW eh.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Polly, did you get your dole deposit yesterday and spend it on booze and KFC?
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
nah…paid some off the sky bill and got a gram of P instead.
it’s booze and KFC every other week.
are you still beating the missus for shits and giggles ?
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
AGW. Hmm. Much warming in the last couple of years? I was relatively amused at the predictions of 0.01 degrees warming in the oceans in the next 100 years: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/12/31/krige-the-argo-probe-data-mr-spock/ Better rush out and spend some government money on controlling CO2 levels I think.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Better rush out and spend some government money on controlling CO2 levels I think.
gov’ts broke and its our kids and kids kids money they’re spending.
and it doesnt matter what silly names we give them
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 12:57 pm
@PaulL
You unbeliever!
Vote:We should spend at least a few trillion on reducing the evil CO2 levels.
We should cut our output by half!
From 0.117% (The current percentage of atmospheric CO2 from human activity) to 0.0585%.
That will make a real difference.
Save Mother Gaia!
January 6th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
How about all those how name their sons after a pedophile who took a six year old bride?
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
@CB
But he didn’t have sex with her untill she was nine.
Apart from that….
He was a murderer
He was a thief
He held slaves
He beat women
He tortured people
He was a rapist
He was a liar
Still doesn’t beat this one though:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063487/Parents-named-children-Adolf-Hitler-Aryan-Nation-wont-receive-custody-newborn-son-Hons.html
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Chuck Bird says:- “How about all those how name their sons after a pedophile who took a six year old bride?”
She wasn’t six. She was eight, and Richard is quite a nice name:
Have to admit though – Richard II was a nasty piece of work. History doesn’t remember him kindly.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
That great line from “Eagle vs Shark”:
(On phone)
Vote:“Tell him justice is waiting for him.”
“Okay Justin, I’ll let him know.”
January 6th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
There is no evidence that the marriage was ever consummated as in the case of Mohammad where it was at the age of nine. That is why for some years after the the lunatics took over Iran that the age of consent was nine. I think they now have raised it to something like 13.
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
You mean 13 months? The vile followers of the “religion of peace” are serious paedophiles, aren’t they?
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 3:22 pm
@CB
“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).” — Bukhari
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
If Duke is banned, why not Earl?
Vote:January 6th, 2012 at 8:16 pm
And why not ‘Angel’
Vote:My grand daughter’s name is ‘Angel’
January 7th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
A friend named his child Ared. Unusual name I said. He was named after the Welsh Hotel that he was conceived in was the reply. Good job I didn’t follow suit or my son would be called Renalt 5…
Vote:January 7th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
In NZ wasn’t there a girl called Tallulah does the hula from Hawaii or something similar? Only a few years ago, I seem to remember her being taken into care and a judge ordering a name change?
Of course celebrities can call their kids whatever they want Michael Jackson’s kids, Bob geldof’s kids, who else?
Vote:January 7th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
@Tookinator – not anymore, a Judge ordered her name changed during a family court hearing. My favourite celebrity names are those of libertarian illusionist Penn Jillette: Moxie Crimefighter and Zoltan.
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