What's in a name?
The department, which registers births, recently released a list of disallowed names from the past decade that run the gamut from the unlikely to the inexplicable, the website stuff.co.nz reported.
While no names are banned outright, according to deputy registrar-general Ross McPherson they can't be more than 100 characters long, use an unearned title or be offensive to the general public. They also have to be actual words, not numbers or symbols.
The most common rejected name was Justice, with 49 sets of parents trying for that moniker, followed by Princess (24) and King (21). Bishop hit the list with seven attempts and Lucifer with six. Also on the reject list were Messiah and Christ.
Others that didn't make the cut included Mafia No Fear, Anal, V8 and the symbol *.
But some of those that did get by the registry, according to the website, were Violence, Chardonnay and Number 16 Bus Shelter.
Perhaps the champion puzzler of a name, Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii, was not registered in New Zealand but was the subject of a court case there.
In 2008, Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt ordered that a girl with that name be taken into court custody so she could change it.
For the record, the most popular names for New Zealand babies in 2011 were Liam and Ruby
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world/whats-in-a-name-new-zealand-babies-know/story-e6frfkyi-1226237982353#ixzz1iuKTmHiV
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