Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Naming Your Baby

This is an interesting piece highlighting how some countries with pretty strict or otherwise fascinating baby-naming laws.

1. Sweden -Did you know you could name your child 'Google' or 'Lego', but not 'Metallica', 'Superman', 'Veranda', 'Ikea' and 'Elvis'?

2. New Zealand - Has approved names like 'Benson and Hedges (for a set of twins)', 'Midnight Chardonnay', 'Number 16 Bus Shelter' and 'Violence'.

3. Japan - No to 'Akuma', meaning "devil."

For more, read it here!



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