Would you name your child Lucifer?

03 May 2013 Comments 0

Kind of a freaky story in the Telegraph this morning. Apparently New Zealand officials have released a list of baby names put forward by parents that were rejected because they were too bizarre and/or offensive, including "Lucifer" and "Mafia No Fear". Seriously people why would anyone do this to a child? In 2008, New Zealands family court ordered that a nine-year-old girl whose parents had called her "Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii" should have her name changed because it was embarrassing and "makes a fool of the child". At the time, the judge criticised parents who gave their children bizarre names, citing examples such as "Number 16 Bus Shelter", "MidnightChardonnay" and twins called "Benson" and "Hedges".

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