3 Countries Where You Need A Court Order Before Naming Your Kinds.

1. Sweden

In 1982 Sweden enacted a naming law primarily to prevent the non-noble families from giving their children noble names. Since then, the law has undergone several amendments to what it is today. A portion of the law concerning first names reads thus; "First names shall not be approved if they can cause offense or can be supposed to cause discomfort for the one using it, or names which for some obvious reason are not suitable as a first name." All first names must be reported to the Tax agency and every individual can have multiple first names which can be changed only once in a lifetime and you must keep at least one of the first names. Any further change to this must be made through the Swedish Patent and Registration Office.

Rejected names: "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" (pronounced Albin, naturally) was submitted by a child's parents in protest of the Naming law. It was rejected. The parents later submitted "A" (also pronounced Albin) as the child's name. It, too, was rejected. Others includes Metallica, Superman, Veranda, Ikea, and Elvis.

Accepted names: Google (as a middle name), Lego etc.

2. Denmark

In Denmark there is list of 7, 000 pre-approved names for both gender. They have strict laws enacted on Personal Names to protect their children from having names that are odd or suits their parent’s fancy. If you intend to give your child a name outside the pre-approved 7, 000 you will have to obtain a special permission from your local church and the name must be reviewed by the governmental officers in charge. Of the approximately 1,100 names that are reviewed each year, 15-20% of the names are rejected. There are also laws in place to protect rare Danish last names.

Rejected names: Anus, Pluto, and Monkey.

Approved names: Benji, Jiminico, Molli, and Fee.

3. Iceland

In Iceland, a Naming committee was formed in 1991 and it is saddled with the responsibilities of deciding whether a name given will be accepted or not. Parents will have to apply for approval and pay a fee if the name they intend to give their baby is not included in the National Register of Persons, and these names will have to pass through series of tests before being approved. The approved names must only contain Icelandic alphabets and must grammatically fit with the language.

Approved name: Bambi Rejected names: Harriet (it can’t be conjugated in Icelandic) and Duncan (there is no C in Icelandic.)

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