Swedish Couple Wanted To Name Son Vladimir Putin But Authorities Refused Their Request For An Unknown Reason
A Swedish couple who had hoped to name their son after Russian president Vladimir Putin have been banned from doing so by tax authorities.
Swedish parents who had hoped to name their son after Russian president Vladimir Putin have been banned from doing so by tax authorities.
As per Swedish law, new parents must submit their request to name their child but certain names can be banned if deemed to cause offence or ¡°discomfort for the bearer". However, the agency's reasoning has not been revealed in this case, public broadcaster SR reported.
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According to the rules, first names must not be offensive or cause discomfort for the one using them. They also aren¡¯t allowed to clearly resemble surnames. It also includes ¡°names which for some obvious reason are not suitable as a first name¡±.
The law also applies to adults who wish to change their name.
The couple that lives in the town of Laholm, in southern Sweden, has been forced to go back to the drawing board and come up with a different name for the boy.
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The parents must now make a second request for a different name for their newborn son.
The incident is not the first of its kind. In the past, the Swedish tax agency has banned names, including Allah, Ford, Michael Jackson, Pilsner, Q and Token.
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However, not every couple surrenders to the law. In 2017, the parents of a baby girl successfully had a ruling overturned after the tax agency rejected the name Metallica. In another case, parents named their son after the search engine Google.
In 2019, the names Lucas, Liam and William were selected the most for baby boys, while Alice, Olivia and Astrid were popular choices for baby girls.
According to the website Routes North, a travel guide for Scandinavia, which used figures from Sweden¡¯s official statistics bureau, the 10 most popular boy¡¯s names in Sweden are Noah, William, Hugo, Lucas, Liam, Oscar, Oliver, Matteo, Elias and Adam.
