Tallulah Doesn’t Do the Hula Anymore…Luckily for Her!
By Heather Faucher | Posted on May 28, 2009 | Filed Under Name Change
Photo courtesy of HawaiiPictures.com.
Remember that case in New Zealand last year where the judge, furious with parents who saddle their unfortunate children with outlandish names, made a 9-year-old girl a ward of the state so she could change her name? For years, poor Tallulah Does the Hula From Hawaii (no, you didn’t read that wrong!) had been telling her closest friends to call her “K.” Too embarrassed to admit her real name, she is only one victim of a growing bizarre name trend. One which judges like Judge Rob Murfitt take great exception to.
“The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child’s parents have shown in choosing this name,” he wrote. “It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily.”
New Zealand law prohibits names that would cause offense to a reasonable person, among other conditions, said Brian Clarke, the registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages. According to him, officials usually talk to parents who propose unusual names to convince them about the potential for embarrassment. Sometimes, however, those parents just won’t listen to reason.
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