Sweden says no to naming your kid "Q"

[RoJoHen]

Widget sounds hot.

 

[Wicca who Wonta]

Wait, they have the law in the first place to prevent commoners from using 'noble' names? What the fuck. There's a country in need of a fucking revolution.

As a Swede I can definitely say that it's not primarily used to prevent people from using noble names - nowadays it's mostly there to protect the kids. It's an old law that might need some revising but I think the basic idea (to prevent names that might get the kids bullied, names that are abbreviations or naming the kids after train stations and such) is valid.

 

[Emher]

^I can sorta see the point as a fellow Swede, but I think the energy is better spent in the actual schools to prevent bullying. And I can tell you, you don't need to have a funny name to be bullied.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I love this part: "Letters are not considered appropriate for names if the letters aren't already considered a name." This is the sort of thing that happens when you put the tax authority in charge.

 

[Count Zero]

What kind of parents would want to name their child Q? That's screwed up.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Could be actual legal problems with a one letter name actually now to come think about it.

How so?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

What kind of parents would want to name their child Q?

Woops, sorry. I probably should have put a NSFW tag on that before posting the Q porn.

 

[Count Zero]

Well played, sir.

 

[bigdaddy]

Pretty stupid ruling IMO.

Of course if an American judge ruled the names Mackenzie and Piper illegal I would send him a fucking fruit basket!

Ten Americans last year named their children ESPN.

But god bless America!

 

[Michael Chris]

Wow... Just wow... What on earth is a "noble name" anyway?

 

[Mallory]

Mine