That most European countries have a whitelist of names was one of the more shocking parts of moving here.
I believe this is very much wrong.
[0] I would claim that calling someone "Mat the fucking dumbshit" or "Poopface" is child abuse
> He stood there looking at me, and I saw him smile, and he said, "Son, this world is rough, and if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough, and I know I wouldn't be there to help you along. So I give you that name, and I said goodbye. And I knew you'd have to get tough or die. And it's that name that helped make you strong..."
The approach of "you need to be prepared for the cruelty of the world so I will be cruel to you" feels like a parody of proper upbringing.
It was a Johnny Cash song -- he wasn't known for writing ballads of utopian suburbia.
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Mr Cash was in no way endorsing the behavior...
So no, not endorsing.
Have you?
(See other respondent for proof you havent)
I said, "Father, change my name
The one I'm using now it's covered up
With fear and filth, and cowardice and shame"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FYkJuAb0mMk
;)
After you're 18 and after you've experienced some of the most intense social moments of your life.
It's like literally everything else with kids. Parents have a ton of autonomy but there has to be a line where they aren't allowed to hurt their kid further
Iceland has a very traditional name system which is enforced. I think the idea is basically that names won't evolve so they can preserve tradition.
Sweden on the other hand has a pretty vague "name can't be likely to cause child psychological harm" law, that doesn't really come into play unless you try to name your child something really outside the mainstream (there was a case a while back where a couple wanted to call their daughter "Metallica". I can't remember how that ended up going).
I don't see how the Swedish-style system would stop names evolving. There are still plenty of trends and new names that come and go just like in the US. I doubt extreme name choices like Elon's "x-ash-12" would inspire a whole bunch of children to be called that.
Based on what you said, let the kid have a proper name and then they themselves can change to weird as they wish later. Stupid parents have no right to give a stupid joke name to others.
- Parents may only choose names for their children from a list of the top 1000 or so names in whatever country parents choose
- It is permissible to change your own name to anything you like