Talula Does The Hula, Won’t Do
A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.
Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.
Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said.
The new name was not made public to protect the girl’s privacy.
“The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child’s parents have shown in choosing this name,” he wrote. “It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily.”
The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her “K” instead, the girl’s lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.
In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.
Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter “and tragically, Violence,” he said.
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Heather Lively on July 25th, 2008 8:16 am
I worked in daycare here in Montana. We had a little baby and his mother named him Lucifer. We were pretty disgusted and the owner talked to her about it. She is Native American and said that the name doesn’t mean that to them. So much for Public Perception.
Angela on July 25th, 2008 9:35 am
Yeah, those names do sound ridiculous, but that really begs the question, “When does the government go too far?” I’m not all that sure they should have had the right to take away the child just to change the name. No matter how crazy it sounded.
cassy on July 26th, 2008 5:40 pm
I don’t know why some parents use ridiculous name to their children. I have a friend who is so disgusted about his name, some of our friends teased him and he is blaming his parents because of this. His name is “Picoy”(it means a male organ in our dialect)
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