Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
by terribleperson on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:15PM
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How the heck can one state of Australia prohibit certain types of names? Doesn't that cause all kinds of problems with documentation mismatches if someone moves?
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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
by cowlevel on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:16PM
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It's not unusual for someone to change their name when immigrating. Have you met anyone in your presumably English-speaking country who wrote their name in Korean characters? Probably not because they convert it to the nearest allowed name.
Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
by dpark on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @02:29AM
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They don’t change names when they move. The names are registered in the location of birth.
But your name might get mangled in some states if it doesn’t fit, same as it might in the US if some system doesn’t properly handle, e.g., multiple middle names or special punctuation.
Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
by alistairSH on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:30AM
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Dunno, but Iceland also enforces it's son-of/daughter-of naming convention to the point some names are explicitly prohibited (or is it explicitly allowed, I forget if it's a black-list or white-list).