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.”

New Zeland

4Real, Anal, Chief, Christ, King, Lady, Lord, Lucifer, Mafia No Fear, Messiah, President, Prince, Princess, Queen, Rogue, Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii, Fish and Chips (twins), Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy, Sex Fruit, Justice, Major, Bishop, Judge

[allowed: Number 16 Bus Shelter, Violence]

Portugal

Africa, Angel, Brain, Candy, Coral, Daisy, Dart, Eden, Fanny, Gal, Jesus Cristo, Mar e Sol (Sea and Sun), Panini, Portugal, Zeus

Malaysia

Chow Tow (Smelly Head), Ah Chwar (Snake), Khiow Khoo (Hunchback), Sor Chai (Insane), Woti (Sexual Intercourse)

Sweden

Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, Metallica, IKEA, Veranda

[allowed: Google]

Germany

Woodstock, Stompie, Grammophon

[allowed: Speedy, Lafayette and Jazz]

Iceland

Santania, Blaer (light breeze)

China

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Norway

Gesher (Bridge)

Italy

Venerdi (Friday)

Japan

Akuma (Devil)

Denmark

Anus

[allowed: Pluto and Monkey]