Fun things ones learns in seminar.
Apparently, it wasn't until 1993 that parents in France became legally free to give their child whatever name they chose, as opposed to having to choose either a classical, Biblical or calender saints' name. Giving your baby a hyphenated and alternately spelled versions of allowed names was permitted in France starting in the 1960s.
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I believe this is still the law in Poland.
Wow...would make sense. There's a Christian name for every day in the calendar, and to some in Poland, "name days" are celebrated like birthdays. Would be kinda hard to celebrate if your name wasn't on the list... ;-)
It's still the law in Germany too. You can't give a child an "undignified" name; and if the chosen name isn't in the registrar's name-list, you have to prove that it is a valid name (somewhere) - otherwise your child won't get that name.
... and no one appears outraged about this fundamental abrogation of individual dignity and liberty that appears to be the norm in certain parts of Europe?
Whoops... yeah. Sorry. Liberalism is verboten. Forgot about that.
Bill, they don't see it as abrogation of dignity, but protection of it.
Besides, anyone who gets a negative decision, and believes it's wrong, is still free to use the courts.
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