This is weird : Atlanta family battling state over right to name daughter Allah. I can imagine there are laws against naming your daughter 'Sex Toy' or 'Shit Face' but Allah is an actual name. In Western countries it my seem more trivial - you would think 'Allah' to be more acceptable before naming your daughter 'God.' I'm not thinking about 'Jesus' or 'Muhammad.' Anyone have thoughts on this? http://www.therecord.com/news-story...ling-state-over-right-to-name-daughter-allah/ 'iZalyKha Graceful Lorraina Allah' What if she was named in another state or country?
They say they can name her Allah, just not as a last name, for now. Also, they can use one of the parent's last names and then change it to Allah later, but the birth certificate must have one of the parent's last names on it. Seems reasonable.
On another note, 'J' is not a name in Switzerland. And why does this dumb newspaper concern itself with these things? http://www.therecord.com/news-story/7212402-j-is-not-ok-swiss-court-nixes-letter-as-baby-s-name/
Interesting. My mom's uncle was named J C. Everyone called him Jack, even his mom (my great grandmother). But the name on the birth certificate was J C. Guess he would have been illegal in Switzerland.
Thy could name him Jay, Cee or Jaycee, no problem. But a letter is not enough for a name; it would probably play havoc with their document processing and sorting systems. With names, there is also a problem of what the child will have to live with - in school and in society. The little girl will have a difficult enough time, growing up in Atlanta with parents who don't care about her social life.
That's the reason there's naming laws in Denmark. Some years ago there was an episode with some parents going to court because they wanted to name their kid Christophpher.
I had an uncle names R.B. Jones. Let em tell you about the time he tried to get a credit card. He wrote his name on the application R B J O N E S one letter per little square. They rejected it, saying initials are insufficient; he must spell out his name. He got a new clean form, and filled it out again R (only) B (only) J O N E S. This time they did not reject it. And three weeks later he got his shiny new credit card. Printed with the name RONLY BONLY JONES.
The best (true) anecdote I've read about a child with single-letter names was R B Jones. This took place several decades ago, when all American men were required to join the military. Mr. Jones filled out all the forms and handed them in. A couple of hours later, one of the clerks in the personnel office came back with his forms, to be "corrected." The clerk explained that the army's system did not accommodate one-letter names. The two men spent half an hour in an attempt to reach an agreement. Finally, they decided that R(only) B(only) was the most logical way to solve the problem. This was just fine with everybody, until the first time the paychecks were distributed. Mr. Jones received a paycheck with the name Ronly Bonly Jones.
OK, busted. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! But I really do have an uncle named R.B.
Adolf Hitler Campbell, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/health/allah-name-rights-daughter-trnd/index.html I wanted to comment on the 'Allah' thing like "Here's the catch: Handy and Walk's 3-year-old son was granted the last name with no problem. So was Walk's 16-year-old son from a previous marriage." But WTF?