Recently, in Great Britain, Robert Jenrick aroused strong reactions. This favorite candidate for the conservative party did not announce any change or project concerning the movement, he simply revealed the second first name of his 11 -year -old daughter, in tribute to a certain Prime Minister: “Thatcher”.
The Independent tells us that Robert Jenrick’s daughter was born the same year as that of Margaret Thatcher’s death and that this little attention for the Iron Lady was a good way of “Do not forget a good Prime Minister», As well as to pay tribute to “Strong women”. Ok, but why didn’t he rather call his daughter Margaret?
This news above all brought us to the following question: how much the first name of a person can be too “original”? Our first name is one of the first things we share with strangers and sometimes says a lot about us, without our choice – to make it change administratively.
Technically, it is to the parents that all responsibility come from. They must choose a first name that will brave all the trials of life, the most violent of which: adolescence. Parents who are more and more numerous to seek unique names for their unique children … Perhaps it is important to remember that, according to the BBC, before the 1800s, half of the English men had the same four names: Harry, Oliver, Jack and Charlie!
Rescue officials
In some countries such as Iceland or Denmark have lists of “approved” first names for newborns. In Germany, it is illegal to baptize your child “Adolf Hitler”. But others, like Great Britain, have no rule regarding the choice of first name. However, sometimes some officials refuse it at the time of registration. This was the case in 2016, when a Welsh mother wanted to call her daughter “Cyanide”, in reference to the sweet poison that is cyanide.
In France, in 2015, judges had to intervene to prevent parents from calling their daughter “Nutella”. The judges of the time had estimated that this first name was “Contrary to the interest of the child, but rather a vector of mocking; ie or derogatory reflections.” Instead, the little girl was named “Ella”.
Still in 2015, and still in France, a couple from Perpignan has been prohibited from using the first name “Prince William” for their son, always with proof related to mockery that such a name could cause. But the parents did not stay there and proposed the first name “Minnie Cooper”. Request rejected.
Finding the perfect first name for your child is an exercise in balance between originality and common sense. Almost think of the fact that it is your child who will have the first name, not you.
