Italian court changes baby's name
Posted Dec 18th 2007 3:02PM by Sandy Maple
Filed under: Infant / First year, Weird but True

As far as unusual baby names go, "Friday" is not too bad. It is short, means something, and is easy to spell. All in all, I kind of like it. Unfortunately for this couple, the Italian courts do not and have ruled that they cannot name their son "Friday."

Little Friday was already five months old when his name was noticed by a city clerk. The clerk brought the matter to the attention of a tribunal, which decided the name fell into the category of "ridiculous or shameful." Claiming the name would hinder the boy from developing "serene interpersonal relationships", the tribunal moved to protect this child from a lifetime of days-of-the-week jokes.

"We named him Friday because we like the sound of the name. Even if it would have been a girl, we would have named her Friday," the boy's mother, Mara Germano says. Livid, the parents appealed the decision. The appeals court ruled against them, saying the name recalled the servile savage in the novel Robinson Crusoe and pointing out that some superstitious Italians consider Friday to be an unlucky day.

The court ordered his name be changed, but the parents refused. So, the court did it for them, renaming the child Gregory, after the saint whose feast day he was born on.

"My son was born Friday, baptised Friday, will call himself Friday, we will call him Friday but when he gets older he will have to sign his name Gregory," she said. Take that, Italian courts!

YOU GO<MOM.They had no right to get involved.In my opinion.Call the boy what you wont.It's your right.
I have heard of alot worse.Boy would the courts have fun with themm.

At least it is a word, and not some jumble of letters.

Well, I do think you should be able to name your kid whatever you choose, but you also have a responsibility to make sure it's not a name that'll get their azz kicked on the playground someday

If there going to that to them why cant they do that with some parends around here?? My sister named her son... Ethan Daytona (first name) Speed - E (middle name). Im sorry but I think thats just mean to do that to your child!

Obviously, in Italy that name would not stand.

I'm glad we can name our children more freely here, nothing wrong with the name Friday, wonder how they'd feel about naming a daughter Ishtar or Innana..lol;^]

I am glad I live in North America an have FREEDOM to name my child as I wish , but when naming a child parents should consider how life with the chosen name would be ...

heres a few names I JOKED about naming my last child while I was pregnant , and would jokingly say that they would get a lot of respect if their name was: Chef or Doctor , or
Mr Prime minester / Mr President ....

I've got a mini cousin named Teagan and another named Brooklyn, both good names I think;^]

I have a Daughter named Willow and a son named Shade .....
but my oldest son just has a boring name (Tyler)cause I was a chicken chip about giving him a more interesting name , worried what my mom would think , when I named my last child Shade she phoned me in the hospital an said " YOU GOTTA CHANGE HIS NAME PEOPLE WILL THINK HE IS A SHADY CHARACTER" I said " NOOO WAY !! GET USED TO IT !"

you go Italiano Mama



and yes Eileen
i agree, it is better than a bunch
of jumbled letters ..


also it is better than Frank Zappa's
choice of names for his kids
Dweezel and Moon Unit

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/08/n4real108.xml

A couple has got over the disappointment of having their choice of 4Real as the name for their baby son turned down by calling him Superman instead.
# Have your say: What is the worst Christian name you have come across?

Pat and Sheena Wheaton were told by the government registry in New Zealand they could not register the name because it included a digit.
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Mr Wheaton said he came up with the unlikely moniker after seeing the baby for the first time in an ultrasound scan and realising their baby was "for real".

However, the family has refused to let the law or good taste get in the way of their choice, insisting they will continue to refer to their two-month-old son as 4Real.

In the meantime they plan to officially name him Superman.

"No matter what, its going to stay 4Real," Mr Wheaton told the New Zealand Herald newspaper, "I'm certainly not a quitter".

He said criticism of the couple posted on the internet regarding their choice of name had been difficult to handle.

"I did go online and Google some of the stories and as tough as I am, it does get to you, but there's no point getting upset," he said.

"It could be a 10-year-old school girl making those comments."

A spokesman for the Department of Internal Affairs, which operates the registry, told the newspaper discussions with the Wheatons about their son's name were continuing.

Wacky baby names

1. Kal-el Coppola (Son of actor Nicolas Cage)

2. Audio Science (Son of actress Shannyn Sossaman)

3. Bluebell Madonna (Daughter of Singer Geri Halliwell)

4. Daisy Boo (Daughter of chef Jamie Oliver)

5. Pilot Inspektor (Son of actress Beth Riesgraf and actor Jason Lee)

6. Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily (Daughter of television presenter Paula Yates and Singer Michael Hutchence)

7. Dixie Dot (Daughter of television presenter Anna Ryder Richardson)

8. God'Iss Love Stone (Daughter of Singer Lil'Mo)

9. Jermajesty (Son of Singer Jermaine Jackson)

10. Apple (Daughter of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and singer Chris Martin)

it's not like they named him "foreskin" or "shmegma" or something like htat...