Some other countries
Spain has more or less the same naming law that other European countries (not surnames as given names, clear designation of gender, not nicknames as names...). http://civil.udg.es/normacivil/estatal/persona/PF/L40-99.htmPortugal has a list of approved names:
http://www.dgrn.mj.pt/civil/adm_nadm.aspArgentina has a law very similar to Spanish naming law, but the actual rule in use is a list of approved names for any province. There is the Buenos Aires city list:
http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/registrocivil/nombres/?menu_id=28In France, Catalan nationalists, Occitan nationalists and Basque nationalists still have problems with civil officers to use correct Catalan, Occitan or Basque names (for instance, case Alà Baylac-Ferrer, Catalan teacher at Ceret high school, vs. French governement, right now at the European Court of Human Rights: http://www.ucestiu.com/XXXVIIIUCE/diari/Diari%20de%20Prada_21agost.pdf).Poland, Netherlands, Finland and Iceland have naming regulations, but I haven't link to they.Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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Wondering somethung about Monica  ·  Eric  ·  11/23/2006, 8:47 AM
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What names?  ·  Eric  ·  11/25/2006, 6:43 AM
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Some other countries  ·  Lumia  ·  11/25/2006, 2:50 PM
Re: Some other countries  ·  Irish_Clare  ·  11/27/2006, 9:04 AM
Yes, it is in Catalan  ·  Lumia  ·  11/27/2006, 9:35 AM
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