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Illegal Baby Names

Baby Names – Did you know there are some that are illegal?!

Illegal Baby Names

Did you know that there are baby names you are not allowed to call your baby?! And they are actually illegal!

So to start we will cover the UK and then just for fun lets look at other countries too!

If you were hoping for some of the names on any of these lists then either

  1.  you need your head looking at to even consider them!
  2. you may need to move country!

I am seriously wondering why some of these names are on the list – like why would you ever dream of calling your beautiful baby some of these names?!!

Illegal baby names in the UK

According to Mom Junction these names are banned in the UK:

1) Martian
2) Monkey
3) Chow Tow (which means ‘Smelly Head’)
4) Rogue
5) Akuma (in Japanese it mean ‘Devil’)

Come on citizens of the UK! Who are the numnuts that wanted one of these names for your baby?!

Illegal baby names in France

Over in France parents are banned from naming their children:

1) Nutella
2) MJ
3) Manhattan
4) Joyeux (which means ‘happy’ in English)
5) Deamon
6) Prince William – (hmm a bit of favouritism!)
7) Mini Cooper

Laughing horse

Illegal baby names in Germany

1) Matti
2) Kohl
3) Stompie – (a dinosaur perhaps?!)
4) Osama Bin Laden
5) Adolf Hitler

Also in Germany you are only allowed to give your child a gender neutral name if you make it double barrel and the second name is gender specific.

Illegal baby names in Australia

Some of the names that have been banned in Australia are….erm…questionable…
1) Ikea
2) Ranga
3) LOL – (haha- I mean why?!)
4) Batman
5) Snort – (was the baby a pig?!)
6) Hitler – (just not funny!)
7) Spinach
8) Christ
9) Dame
10) God
11) Satan
12) Brother
13) Sir
14) Prime Minister
15) General

16) Circumcision (wtf?!)

Hmmm makes me question the australians common sense!

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Illegal baby names in Switzerland

1) Mercedes
2) Schmid
3) Paris
4) Chanel
5) Judas
6) Lucifer

Illegal baby names in Iceland

1) Duncan
2) Zoe
3) Enrique
4) Ludwig
5) Camilla
6) Harriet

Here’s a fun fact about Iceland…

the Icelandic alphabet it doesn’t include the letters C, Q, W or Z which makes any name with those letters banned.

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Illegal baby names in Portugal

Our poor royal family would be doomed here!…

1) William
2) Catherine
3) George
4) Charlotte
5) Tom
6) Michael
7) Emily
8) Bruce
9) Jenny
10) Nirvana
11) Rihanna
12) Jimmy
13) Viking

Illegal baby names in America

Similar to the banned baby names in Portugal, in America they’re not too fond of royal type names either!
1) King
2) Queen
3) Majesty
4) Master
5) Judge
6) Duke

Illegal baby names in Denmark

If you’re naming your baby in Denmark you’ll most likely know someone with the same name because the country has a pre-approved list of names that you can pick from.

Not only that but if you want a name not on the list, you’ll have to get permission from Copenhagen University’s Names Investigation Department and at the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs.

Better plan those names early to get your approval in!

A few names illegal in the country are:
1) Anus
2) Monkey
3) Pluto
4) Ashleiy
5) Jakobp

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Illegal baby names in Hungary

1) Stephan (but you can give them the name Stefán)

It seems Hungary is the place to be having a baby if you want to name your baby something whacky!

Illegal baby names in Saudi Arabia

Some of the names banned in Saudi Arabia include:
1) Malak
2) Malika
3) Nardeen
4) Maya
5) Linda
6) Alice
7) Eleen
8) Arm
9) Lauren

Illegal baby names in Mexico

1) Facebook
2) Batman
3) Hermione
4) Rambo
5) Terminator
6) James Bond
7) Rolling Stone
8) Rocky
9) Hitler
10) Christmas Day
11) Burger King

I mean come on seriously?! Who would want to call their baby burger king?!! (or any of these for that matter!)

Illegal baby names in New Zealand

In 2015 these were the top 27 names rejected in 2015, which means people tried to name their children with these clangers…

1) Messiah
2) King
3) Royal
4) Prince
5) Royale
6) Bishop
7) Empress
8) Princess
9) / (symbol in the name) – what on earth?!

10) ( ) a name in brackets – erm why would you?!
11) Chief
12) Christ
13) Commodore
14) Impryss
15) Justice
16) Justyce
17) Knight
18) Lord
19) MMMR

20) Queen
21) Regal
22) Rogue
23) Royaal
24) Royahl
25) Sarjant
26) Sir
27) Suprintendent

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I hope you found this entertaining!

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