Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do

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Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.
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Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.

Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said.

The new name was not made public to protect the girl's privacy.

"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."

The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her "K" instead, the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.

In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.

Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.

New Zealand law does not allow names that would cause offense to a reasonable person, among other conditions, said Brian Clarke, the registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Clarke said officials usually talked to parents who proposed unusual names to convince them about the potential for embarrassment.

Just thought I'd share this funny news.

[Justintiime]

wow...seriously?

[pickleL7]

I always wanted to name my son nucking futs.....DAM WIFE

[AlphaQ GehaD]

Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.

HAHAHAHA, Funniest line Ever.

"Number 16 Bus Shelter" is someones name somewhere in this world on this planet?

that Kid must have been birthed by a bum of a women that was sleeping on the Number 16 Bus in a bus shelter, Where do they come up with these names.

Well, when they have a law like this in the states, im sure ill be called in.

This doesnt stop my ambitious plans to name my kid AlphaQ GehaD Jr. (Caps included)

[lovekeiiy]

Well, there are a lot of kids out in the world named ESPN, prenouced epsin. Some acquaintances I know named this kid Silver Ann Black; yes they're big Oakland Raiders fans.