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Regulating Names
February 19, 2013
If today will not, tomorrow may.
-Confucian proverb
Few decisions are more personal than the naming of offspring. Yet laws regulating the choice of both first names and surnames are common around the world. According to The Economist (January 14, 2012;)...

"Denmark expects new parents to choose from a register of acceptable names; Portugal lists banned and approved ones. In Iceland, a committee of language specialists must rule on any unusual name. German registrars prohibit the use of most nouns and place names, and also frown upon any that do not clearly imply a gender....

"Governments argue that these rules prevent children being saddled with preposterous names that may cause them problems in later life. They also aim to block names that might cause offense to others."

 

 





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