The list of baby names banned around the world

Choosing a name for your baby is a big step – but countries around the world have their own rules for what is deemed acceptable

There are some named banned around the world

There are some named banned around the world

It’s a special moment in every parents’ life, naming your child. It can be a big task, with a list of names drawn up beforehand and you finally have to make a choice.

Before settling on a name, parents need to consider a lot of things. Things includes how a child will be impact later in life by their life. And if it will bring about any unwanted connotations.

However, in rare cases, parents who have given their children inappropriate names have ended up in court, reports MirrorOnline. This has paved the way for new laws stopping the names from being used again.

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In the UK, there are reportedly five names that are banned. The list is bigger in the US, where some states limit the number of characters that can be used. And there are also banned names around the world.

List of illegal names in the UK

According to momjunction.com, so long as a name isn’t fraudulent, you can name your baby whatever you want. The authorities will only step in when it’s offensive.

UK citizens can name their baby temporarily and make changes in the future. The banned names in the UK are:

Martian

Chow Tow meaning ‘Smelly Head.’

Rogue

Monkey

Akuma signifying ‘Devil’

List of illegal names in the US

Although the law differs from state to state in the US, having a numeral in a name is “mostly not allowed”, according to a US Birth Certificate statement. The statement read: “Some states also limit the number of characters that can be used, as well as the inclusion of pictograms, obscenity, foreign characters, symbols, emojis, or any offensive language. Certain states also forbid the use of accents and/or non-English letters, which is oftentimes due to the inability of their information systems to process vital records including these characters.”

In Kentucky, parents can name their children anything they want, while in California they’re not permitted to use accents. However, the Golden State still allows parents to include hyphens and apostrophes in their baby names, as Elon Musk and Grimes showed when naming their child X AE A-XII.

 

List of illegal names in the UK

 

While very few specific names have been banned across the United States, there’s still a good number on its list, with these including:

 

King

Queen

Jesus Christ

III

Santa Claus

Majesty

Adolf Hitler

Messiah

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But the United States isn’t the only country in the world to have banned certain baby names, as the United Kingdom, New Zealand and China, among others, have too.

 

List of names illegal across the world:

Chief Maximus (New Zealand)

Robocop (Mexico)

Sex Fruit (New Zealand)

Linda (Saudi Arabia)

Snake (Malaysia)

Friday (Italy)

Islam (China)

Sarah (Morocco)

Osama bin Laden (Germany)

Metallica: (Sweden)

Prince William (France)

Devil (Japan)

Blue (Italy)

Circumcision (Mexico)

Quran (China)

BRFXXCCXXMNPCCCCLLLMMNPRXVCLMNCKSSQLBB11116 (Sweden)

Harriet (Iceland)

Cyanide (United Kingdom)

Monkey (Denmark)

Thor (Portugal)

007 (Malaysia)

Griezmann Mbappe (France)

Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii (New Zealand)

Bridge (Norway)

Anal (New Zealand)

Nutella (France)

Wolf (Spain)

Tom (Portugal)

Camilla (Iceland)

Judas (Switzerland)

Duke (Australia)