I asked google .... some examples for names that have been rejected are Störenfried (= troublemaker), Bierstübl (= beer pub), Lenin, McDonald's and Rumpelstilzchen.

I remember a case came up in Germany. A couple wanted to name their child Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks. I can't find the story on Google because everything's about that "other" Osama bin Laden.

I used to get irked when I think about people naming their child "Jesus". If I were a devoutly religious person I would consider that name "retired", like a jersey number. Something too great to be repeated.

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Is our children learning? -George W. Bush

"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

My 3 kids names are Odin, Sian, and Annalyse.

my wife refused my other names i wanted for them like Loki and Aneubis.....


Ahh well u have to meet in the middle and compromise in parlimentary proceedings with the wife

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I said Conservative not necessarly Republican or Democrat. Liberals are in both of those parties.

You named your son Odin?

No wonder--"troublemaker" and "beer pub" are funny names!

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"We are all New Orleans now."--Barbara O'Brien

I read a story (can’t find the link) about a black girl named “Lei-a”, or something like that.

Her mother was livid because people kept mispronouncing her name. They pronounced it “Lay-uh” or “Lee-uh”.

The mother insisted the name was pronounced “Lay-dash-uh”, insisting that the dash was not silent…

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For those who have fought to defend it, freedom has a taste the protected will never know...



If it wasn't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all...

Enjoy...

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For those who have fought to defend it, freedom has a taste the protected will never know...



If it wasn't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all...

Moon Unit Zappa... sounds like some kind of super duper secret DARPA weapon.

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He's come to save the day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFdAJRVm94

Well, my daughters additional first name is McMail.

On the other hand, a guy was not allowed recently to name his son "Little Asshole". His second choice of "Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud was also not admitted.
The child is now named Christian Andersen.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

He probably did cause you did not wear tight pants.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

Just a small step from so did to sordid.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

That was a lebanese asylum aspirant.

Jesus von Nazareth was also refused. Yet Olstyn - the polish name for former West-Prussian Allenstein - was allowed.

Tsxhernobyl was a no-no. But Burgfried - the name for a castles main tower - was allowed too.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

I know a couple of young black women who changed their names to get away from names like Shereeka!

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On the other hand, we might have a bunch of little Adolf Hitlers running around.

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January 21, 2013: The End of an ERROR.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
---Benjamin Franklin

In the book Freakanomics, the author (an economist) discusses names and whether they have an impact on kids lives.

One of the stories in the book compares the lives of two kids, the first one named "Winner" and a kid born many years later called "Loser".

Somewhat ironically, Winner winds up in prison, and Loser is a very respected fireman. Loser's friends call him "Lou", he never felt the need to have his name changed.

(the subtle distinction the book makes is that Parents have a very big role ... genetically ... in how their kids turn out, but names and how the kids are raised has less of an impact than people would like to think). They did find out though that giving two identical Job Resumes different applicant names had the 'ethnic' sounding name discarded in most cases and the 'conventional' name seriously considered by employers.