Should this couple be allowed to name their child "4real"?

i really dont see why they can't call the child four real

four is a great name

4sho

^^ i realise im being a bit hypocritical about this

"my name's four but my friends call me 4"

Satan and Adolf Hitler were proposed names that have been declined, he said.

what about IVreal. they're technically letters.

i guess i can't call my kid 1337 then

None of this "getting the baby's name tattooed" nonsense for this proud dad!

http://www.ops.dti.ne.jp/~manics/4real.gif

they should name the kid nas mo king instead

7 is obviously the best number for a name.

works for this guy

http://www.atnzone.com/uploads/musiczone/Pharrell.jpg

I am so calling my kid Satan and NO FUCKER'S GONNA STOP ME.

my cousin's name is faust. closest thing to devil if you ask me.

*if* he stands next to his dad.

my parents chickened out at the last moment, I presume (xxpost)

should this couple be allowed to keep little 4real, is the question surely

The name would be stronger if it also contained at least one symbol.

Pat and Sheena Wheaton said they decided to name their new baby "4real" shortly after having an ultrasound and being struck by the reality of his impending arrival.

ROFFLES

my brain says no but my other brain says YES YES YES

If you can call your kid Settimus and Octavius, why not?

As Onimo notes, at least we know what finally happened to Richie.

My kid's name will be Gaylord Gilgamesh.

a gaylord is a large cardboard box. this is weird.

is gilgamesh a castle or something in a fantasy tale?

Gilgamesh -- epic hero of early Sumerian mythos.

i've definitely read gilgamesh in some fantasy novels...

my kids will all be called sue.

1 (pronounced "Juan")

I am so calling my kid Satan and NO FUCKER'S GONNA STOP ME.

You're gonna have to choose at some point

GIS is being surprisingly unforthcoming with photos of Jenna von Oy's Blossom character, Andre 3000 and Erykah Badu's son, and a certain Chinese-American New York Times reporter.

Don't forget that kid that they adopted on the last couple seasons of Married With Children, jaymc

should this couple be allowed to name their child "beeps"?

People should be allowed to name their kids Satan or Hitler, or "Four", but probably not 4, simply because a numeric name could easily cause record keeping problems.

My parents named me Small Cat, and I've done very well in life.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/5_Peanuts.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_95472

http://www.thecomicshop.com.au/site2/jpgs/img24.jpg

Of course there is a Wikipedia article on this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_personal_names_that_contain_numbers

Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced /ˈalˌbin/) was a name intended for a Swedish child who was born in 1991.

The boy's parents had planned never to legally name him at all, as a protest[1] to the naming law of Sweden (Namnlag (1982:670)), which reads:

“ First names shall not be approved if they can cause offense or can be supposed to cause discomfort for the one using it, or names which for some obvious reason are not suitable as a first name. ”

Because the parents (Elisabeth Hallin and Lasse Diding) failed to register a name by the boy's fifth birthday, a district court in Halmstad, southern Sweden, fined the parents 5,000 kronor (US$682 at the time). Responding to the fine, the parents submitted the 43-character name in May 1996, claiming that it was "a pregnant, expressionistic development that we see as an artistic creation." The parents suggested the name be understood in the spirit of 'pataphysics. The court rejected the name and upheld the fine.

The parents then tried to change the spelling of the name to A (also pronounced /ˈalˌbin/) instead. Once again, the court did not approve of the parents' ideas for naming because of a prohibition on one-letter naming.

why are there prohibitions on names in so many countries? are there similar laws in the us?? this is so weird to me.

I think it's to stop people being cunts to their children in lame attempts at being funny and/or radical.

Doesn't work, of course.

Who is to decide what is lame ONIMO

Lower case please, all caps is LAME.

Teh Rule of Law (though I think most people would agree being named Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 is the same as being named "my parents are cunts")

My Parents Are Cunts is a great NAME.

I only object to numerals in names. Everything else can be handled quite well by todays modern-day record-keeping systems. Even lame names like ONIMO.

How about calling it phuque? Or Scit? (Italian style making the sc a sh noise instead)

how about humansuit? that's a pretty dumb name.

And yet I am at liberty to have it.

are you slim goodbody in disguise?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Million_%28baseball_player%29

How about 8008135?

Anyone that wants to name their kid something that idiotic shouldn't even be allowed to breed.

Last year I saw some assholes on Good Morning America who named their kid ESPN and were going to pronounce it "Espin".

I work in college admissions and once came accross an application from someone named D2.

hey, filling out forms can be tricky. maybe he just got it wrong.

I work in college admissions and once came accross an application from someone named D2.

Here it would be D4!

I propose F'real as a compromise.

Feral?

"F'real" is too pedestrian

Pharrel

A few odd names encountered while teaching:

Queen
Royal
Betty (male, prounounced Beatty like Warren)
Channel (pronounced like the designer)

The law says it can't *start* with a number - so, I propose "i4real".

Also - when I have a kid, I am naming him "Dad".

yep.

Jermajesty is still my favorite

Wait - is Andre and Erykah's kid named "7" or "Seven"?

I work in college admissions and once came accross an application from someone named D2.

hey, filling out forms can be tricky. maybe he just got it wrong.

Yes, I believe he meant to write R2D2.

x: are you 4real?
y: yes i am 4real.

"Seven"

xpost

I thought Seven.

My brother and his wife almost named their son Seven. But then they made something up which is one letter away from being a brand of cymbals.

Zildian?

Paste.

My sister in law claims to have taught a Crystal Chand0lier.

I have heard rumors of a high school band teacher with daughters named Anna Cordien and Claire Annette.

I knew someone named Candy Kane. At least her parents were merciful enough not to make her initials KKK.

Ned Raggett Names his child:

"Three Point One Four One Seven..."

It could happen.

For the love of god, get Ned's kid's name RIGHT. It's Three Point One Four One Five Nine Two Seven! Sheesh!

Do I have to post the Hard N Phirm video?

I knew someone named Candy Kane

Me too! Well, Candace Kane, but she went by Candy.

I know someone named Briar Nett1es.

i know someone named laurel hardy!

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Channel (pronounced like the designer)

Jesus. At least get the spelling right (this it to the parents, not you Sam).

http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/media/images/Channel4/bigbrother8/contestants/chanelle_256x145.jpg

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/bio/1096843_nivea_200x200.jpg

people name their kids after minor celebs?

nath, that first pic is of a current uk big brother housemate whose name is chanelle, and the second is millenial r&b sensation "nivea"

I'm changing my name. There's so many great ones on that wikipedia entry. Although I notice that Seven Ways From Sundown Jones from the film of the same name is not mentioned.

it must be crazy-baby-naming month in wellington... one of my best friends just had a baby and him and his girlfriend decided on the name L3R0Y H3NDR1X L31TCH. [not with the actual numbers - i'm just paranoid my friend will one day google his kid's name and see this post and know it was me!]

and he will be blonde and blue-eyed... i don't know why, but leroy sounds like a big black man's name to me. the hendrix part came from the fact that apparently they were listening to jimi when baby was conceived...

Yay democracy and child trauma in the school playground leading to future resentment issues and violent crime!!

and my ex's ex named their kid 'heavenleigh'.

Jesus. At least get the spelling right (this it to the parents, not you Sam).

Haha, yes that's part of the joke! In school office "You're here for Channel?" "No, SHA-NELL, like the clothes?" Furtive looks exchanged.

xpost. . .that's like a VC Andrews book!

I could name my children so that their names are palindromes. The son would be called Reginald Gaja J4gger, the daughter simply Regga. Who else has amusing palindromic children names?

there's skot's son drawes

is he really called drawes? if so, skot is more awesome than I even thought possible!

yes and little snialp plains

And, on the chance that New Zealand experiences a revival of early 90s drug movies, he'd have this image to live down:
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/kingkonggodzilla/blow.jpg

Whoops, early 2000s. And Pee-Wee's character is Derek Foreal.

nath, that first pic is of a current uk big brother housemate whose name is chanelle, and the second is millenial r&b sensation "nivea"

I know, I know. Me and my stupid lame ass comments. :-(

UPDATE !!!

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my kingdom for changeable screen names

I don't mind crazy-ass names, but a lot of record-keeping systems in the U.S. DON'T allow numerals in names (many electronic medical records, for ex.).

the latest fad in karachi is naming girls "waReesha" which means "and hair".

My German tutor was trying to explain to me children's names need to be approved by the govt. and ones they consider too off-base would be disallowed (the example she gave was the word for the color teal). I told her my (American) friend was named Bitte and she reacted like a lot of people would react to the name 4real.

hystercine!!

oh jesus, these ppl live in my town. poor kid.

skot wanted to name our first Thor, but Rufus it is. I think Gaylord might have been in the mix for the second who is ultimately Cyrus. I was gunning for Hebsibah, but he wasn't having it.

I think mandating names is stooopid. they're going to call their kid whatever they want, no matter how the books tell it.

Yes, that was a mouse in your beans
Zookeeper plays with monster reptiles
Wild dogs attack TV station
Women work to free 17-pound lobster
Skateboarding rooster ruffles feathers
That's no cookie jar, it's a cremation urn
Loving you has made me Bananas

Maria - your kids' names are great although I have to say that I love the idea of a baby named Thor!

I used to work in international student admissions and once got an applicaiton from someone whose first name was D2. It was kind of awesome.