Everyone wants to name
their children unique and different from the common names these days around.
Due to this trend it is very famous especially in Hollywood to name children
after some things, place, area, yummy food or any favorite stuff. The celebrity
kids for example were named Jermajesty by Jermaine Jackson. Gwyneth Paltrow’s
daughter was named “Apple”. “Blue Ivy” was the name given to Beyonce’s daughter
while Kim Kardashian named “North West” to her daughter. Strange yet funny
names, isn’t it
This is not limited to
just Hollywood, the trend strengthens its roots and inspired by it the French
couple decided to name their child after some food they loved the most. They
took their love for Nutella to a whole new level! They thus decided it to be
“Nutella”, which is the name of an Italian chocolate hazelnut spread. The local
French judge in Valenciennes, northern France, didn’t show much interest in
this particular name and thus banned it. He said that it was not wise enough to
keep a girl’s name after a chocolate spread. It may lead to mockery, teasing
and some insulting or funny, disgracing comments to that child later in her
life. She might be ashamed of it. Also it was the official brand name of
chocolate spread company.
Usually the French parents
can freely choose the names for their children, but they need to tell it to the
local prosecutors who can then report it if they feel that the name is
unsuitable to a family court. So the judge took strong action against this act
of the couple in September 2014. The parents didn’t turn up till the November
hearing and so the judge ordered to rename the girl “Ella”.
There had been many such
cases since 1993. One of the examples is of a couple in January this year in
nearby town of Raismes, who wanted to name one of their children to be
something original and not common. They thus wanted their daughter to be named
“Fraise”, which means “strawberry” in French. The French judge again argued on the name Fraise , which
might also lead to mockery and mean something mean and insulting in slang
phrase “ramène ta fraise,” which roughly means “get you’re a over here.”
Obviously later in life the girl may feel disgraced. The baby girl was
suggested by the judge to be renamed to “Fraisine” which was a 19th century
name.
In some other case a
father took legal action when trying to stop a company, particularly French car
makers named “Renault” from using the name “Zoe Renault” which was his
daughter’s name. Cedric Renault argued because if the car model would have been
named “Zoe”, his daughter’s life would be a nightmare. After such cases there
were certain rules to name children legally which French parents need to keep
in their minds.
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