Friday becomes 'Greg' after court order
An Italian court has ruled a couple could not name their son "Friday" and ordered that he instead be called Gregory after the saint whose feast day he was born on.
"I think it is ridiculous they even opened a case about it," the family's lawyer, Paola Rossi, told Reuters from the northern city of Genoa.
Friday/Gregory Germano was born in Genoa 15 months ago.
The parents registered him as Friday in the city hall and a priest even baptised him as Friday - unusual in Italy since many priests insist that first names be of Christian origin.
"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, told Reuters.
When the boy was about five-months-old, a city hall clerk brought the odd name to the attention of a tribunal, which informed the couple of an administrative norm which bars parents from giving "ridiculous or shameful" first names to children.
- Reuters
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/19/2122450.htm
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
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People are so often judged by their name. When my kids were born, I looked up a lot of names and the names that were they felt that would lead to the most success were John and Linda. Friday doesn't sound really bad though, especially when it's not a word in their language.My kids are James, Jessica and Aaron.
ReplyDeleteOur children all got Biblical names- we avoided Zedekiah and the like:Timothy PaulPhilip AndrewSusannah ElizabethJoshua BenjaminIn some ways, they are all emulating their biblical namesakes.
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