New Zealand Releases List of Forbidden Baby Names
Lucifer not allowed, dammit
Lucifer cannot be born in New Zealand.
And there's no place for Christ or a Messiah either.
In New Zealand, parents have to run by the government any name they want to bestow on their baby.
And each year, there's a bevy of unusual ones too bizarre to pass the taste test.
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Oh those wacky Kiwis! I note that AJ and CJ are out. Apparently BJ is just fine!
It would never occur to me to ask a gov't what I could name my kid. I'd move first.
Sorry Sevo the child won't be permitted to emigrate with an UNAUTHORIZED NAME...for the good of society.