Banned Names

In the Philippines, you can practically bestow your child whatever name you fancy for there is no law that regulates the names given to Filipinos. Fortunately, there are no known Filipino parents who have given names to their child as ridiculous as Demonyo (Devil), Tumbong (Anus) or Karahasan (Violence). Ridiculous as these names are, parents from Japan, Denmark and New Zealand have tried to bless their child with these not-so-common names. No wonder their governments, and some others, have a list of banned names, while Iceland has the Personal Names Register, a list of 1,712 male names and 1,853 female names where parents can choose Icelandic names from.

Read on to know which names got the “nays” and which name scored an “aye.”