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ArchivesPermitted names lists in various countries? . . .
I know that France and a few other countries have lists of names that are 'permitted' in that country. I've been trying to track these lists down on the web, but of course the sites will be in the language of that country, and I don't speak those languages! Does anyone have links to any of the permitted names lists, if they're on the web? I have the Denmark one already.
Thanks in advance :-)
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Thanks in advance :-)
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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France...
...I remember reading a newspaper article a few years back about a couple named Renault who were given hell by the French governemnt because the wanted to name their daughter Megane (Renault Megane is a popular French car) :)
It is sickening that some governments feel they have the moral authority does any government have to meddle in peoples' affairs in such a ridiculous way!
...I remember reading a newspaper article a few years back about a couple named Renault who were given hell by the French governemnt because the wanted to name their daughter Megane (Renault Megane is a popular French car) :)
It is sickening that some governments feel they have the moral authority does any government have to meddle in peoples' affairs in such a ridiculous way!
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yep..
Hungary is one of those list-giving countries. Unfortunately I don't know any site in English that has a complete and reliable list of these names, but there is a Hungarian one:
http://www.origo.hu/utonevtar/index.html
You'll find a table with letters by the upper left corner: by clicking on each letter you get to the names beginning wih that one. The first table contains those names that can be given as first or middle names, and the second table below shows the informal nns.
Hope this helps :-)
Hungary is one of those list-giving countries. Unfortunately I don't know any site in English that has a complete and reliable list of these names, but there is a Hungarian one:
http://www.origo.hu/utonevtar/index.html
You'll find a table with letters by the upper left corner: by clicking on each letter you get to the names beginning wih that one. The first table contains those names that can be given as first or middle names, and the second table below shows the informal nns.
Hope this helps :-)
This message was edited 3/25/2005, 10:58 AM
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Thanks :-)
This is great - it's so hard to get Hungarian names online! :-)
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
This is great - it's so hard to get Hungarian names online! :-)
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Nope sorry, i don't think Holland has such a namelist online...
!!!!!!!: Samara, Alaina, Kaida, Amory, Devan, Faith, Lachlan
and my ???-boys:Yeanu, Sydeon and Thanos
!!!!!!!: Samara, Alaina, Kaida, Amory, Devan, Faith, Lachlan
and my ???-boys:Yeanu, Sydeon and Thanos
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I have looked up and researched quite a number of French given names during the building of my own name database, also on French sites like www.prenoms.fr and www.prenoms.com, but never saw the slightest hint of the existence of an official, conclusive list of permitted given names.
Based on this experience I would say that in France it is the same as in my home country Switzerland: There are rules for names, e.g. the gender must be "clear from the name", and certain names are taboo on religious grounds, as already discussed here at length for the name Jesus. Furthermore the "civil registry office" has to say "yes" to your name proposal, and if you arrive with a very unusual name or one that is unknown here you can get yourself into trouble.
The same in Germany: They have their rules, and as I heard they seem to use a quite comprehensive book in the civil registry offices to look up unusual name proposals, and if your proposed name is not in this book (or is in the book, but with the "wrong" gender), it gets difficult - but not impossible.
Anyway, I am 99% sure that at least here in Switzerland there is no list of "permitted names".
Rene
Based on this experience I would say that in France it is the same as in my home country Switzerland: There are rules for names, e.g. the gender must be "clear from the name", and certain names are taboo on religious grounds, as already discussed here at length for the name Jesus. Furthermore the "civil registry office" has to say "yes" to your name proposal, and if you arrive with a very unusual name or one that is unknown here you can get yourself into trouble.
The same in Germany: They have their rules, and as I heard they seem to use a quite comprehensive book in the civil registry offices to look up unusual name proposals, and if your proposed name is not in this book (or is in the book, but with the "wrong" gender), it gets difficult - but not impossible.
Anyway, I am 99% sure that at least here in Switzerland there is no list of "permitted names".
Rene
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Yes, you're right about the French legislation.
http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/site/Legislation/legislation.htm
And in Spain there isn't a "list of permitted names". The Spanish name law is more or less the same in France.
http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/site/Legislation/legislation.htm
And in Spain there isn't a "list of permitted names". The Spanish name law is more or less the same in France.
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Thanks :-)
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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