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Melody is cute, but not at all my favorite. Congrats to them, though.
Does Sweden have certain names that are legal to name your children? I heard (from my boyfriend's aunt who lived in Norway and her children are both Norwegian) that in Norway there is a list of names that you can legally name your child. I wasn't sure if it was the same or not.
Does Sweden have certain names that are legal to name your children? I heard (from my boyfriend's aunt who lived in Norway and her children are both Norwegian) that in Norway there is a list of names that you can legally name your child. I wasn't sure if it was the same or not.
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You cannot change your name to a name that causes offence or will lead to unpleasantness for the person who bears it. Nor can you take a forename as a surname or vice versa. You cannot take a hyphenated name as a surname, nor names that begin with af, de, von or similar. Your new name cannot be misleading to the public; it must not be possible, for instance, to confuse the name with the name of a railway station or a post office.
We cannot approve as surnames, whether invented or not, names that can be easily confused with:
A surname that someone else legally bears or has the right to bear
A generally known surname that has been borne by a family that has died out
A generally known foreign surname
Someone else's artistic or stage name that is generally known
A designation for a foundation, club, non-governmental (voluntary) organisation or any similar acronym
Someone else's business name or brand that enjoys legal protection in Sweden
A title of someone else's legally protected literary or artistic work
All this is from www.prv.se/english
This message was edited 9/8/2007, 9:08 AM
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