Baby Spam

[emmuzka]

First pic of my twin sister's (twindouble's) kid:






She has her father's eyes and her mother's lips. They haven't decided yet the kid's name. Knowing them, it could be anything ;)

Comments

[seeksasylum.livejournal.com]

She's a cutie!

And, um, please forgive my ignorance - what's a name board? Someone has to approve what she gets named?

[emmuzka.livejournal.com]

Yes, we Finns have a name board. It's supposed to take care that people name their kids properly. No Rainbows, Bananas or Flowerpots for us! So, every time parents want to name their child with a name that haven't been used before it has to be checked by the bord. It used to "okay" only Finnish sounding names, like Markku, Mikko, Petra, Marjatta, Päivi, etc., but nowadays it's more free and they have aprowed names like "Ridge" or "Samantha". In Finland there is also a couple of Xenas, Zorros and Frodos... And one Tarzan ;)

[arye-sarin.livejournal.com]

Actually it's not that simple. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the process goes this way (I tried to find some info about this naming policy a few weeks ago when I suspected that Aure would give us some trouble being quite a rare name):

An ordinary employee or clerk at the magistrate decides whether or not s/he accepts the application for the name of the baby. If s/he decides that the name is against the law, then parents can take the case to the special name board. Then the board handles the case and gives its answer. I don't know if you can complain about their decision to anywhere or not.

But if the clerk thinks the name is okay, it's official and final. Not matter if it's Zorro, Frodo or Grieytwlsghfdgk.

That is quite an unfair system, because everything depends on who takes care of your application and how s/he interprets the law.
That's the reason why some very odd names have been accepted. Somewhere in Finland there is a really openminded magistrate employee....

userprobably knows most about these naming things. She collects strange names that have been accepted by either the clerk or the name board and has a lot of info about the issue as a whole.

[seeksasylum.livejournal.com]

Huh. I'm slightly flabbergasted. *laugh* My office mate and I have often proposed that there be a committee to prevent people from naming their children stupid things (some of the defendant names we see are just appalling. Their children are even worse), but I had no idea one actually existed somewhere.

Huh.

[elfbiter.livejournal.com]

I've been told that the French would have select the name from a strict, official list - no choice about it.

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm. that would be a bit like naming Hurricanes then, wouldn't it?

"You're baby #3 today, that makes you Carl. Baby #4, you're Donna. It's a boy? I don't care! Donna is next on the list!"

[elfbiter.livejournal.com]

*smirk* Not that way - they have a list where the parents can choose from. They are not named in a specific order :-)

[elfbiter.livejournal.com]

Actually, there is a rumor that there is supposed to be many Ridges because of the popularity of the Bold and Beautiful. However, according to Population Records Centre, there is only three, and one of them was born in the 1960's... :-)