In 2012, the northern Mexican state of Sonora banned 61 names that they thought could cause children bullying later on in their lives. They included 'James Bond', 'Harry Potter' and – how lovely – 'Scrotum'.
Harry Potter: Sonora, Mexico. Name Meaning: "Harry" comes from the German "heri" or "army", but the name is more closely related to the fictional wizard from Rowling's novels. Reason for ban: It can cause embarrassment and bullying.
Both Hermione and Harry Potter appeared on the forbidden names list in Sonora, Mexico, which apparently considers Wizarding World-themed monikers potential grounds for bullying. Other character names on the list include Batman, James Bond, Terminator, Rocky and Rambo.
Parents in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora hoping to name their children Burger King, Lady Di or USNavy will be sorely disappointed. As of this week, those names are officially banned, along with Harry Potter, Hitler, Batman, Christmas Day and technology-inspired monikers such as Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo.
The 61 banned names include technology-inspired monikers like Twitter and Yahoo, fictional characters Harry Potter, James Bond and Rambo and surgical terms like Circumcision. Children will also be spared being dubbed Virgin, Hitler, Email, Burger King, Christmas Day, Robocop and Rolling Stone.
There is no U.S. state or federal law that states that a child cannot be given the name “Jesus.” Answer: No, in the United States, it is not a crime to call a child “Jesus.” Read on to find out which six-word name has been banned in New Zealand, which country doesn`t allow you to call little girls “Sarah,” and which ...
Here are some names banned in Mexico: Batman, Terminator, Juan Calzón (the word 'Calzón' translates to Panties), James Bond, Rolling Stone, Rocky, Hitler, Hermione, Christmas Day and Burger King. I must pause here and wonder why in the world a parent would name a child Panties.
1069. A North Dakota man named Michael Herbert Dengler, who was adopted, wanted to change his name to these four numbers, which held philosophical and personal significance for him. A state court rejected his name-change request in 1976, saying numbers can't be names due to potential confusion.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' epilogue, we meet a young, nervous Albus Severus, so named after the two Hogwarts professors Harry was inspired by. Albus serves as our hero in Cursed Child, unwittingly following in the footsteps of his famous father.
Parents in a northern Mexican state are no longer allowed to name their children 'Facebook', 'Robocop' or 'Circumcision', officials have announced. The names are just a few of those banned in Sonora, which borders Arizona, as officials crack down on monikers that could lead to bullying at school.
HuffPost reported that a court in Germany had intervened when a couple tried to call their child Lucifer. And they're not the only officials to outlaw the name, the department of internal affairs in New Zealand also decided to ban this moniker, and we can sort of see why.
Josefina Calderon, a 17th century witch and Healer who became the wife of Chadwick Boot (one of the founders of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry), was a Mexican.
This year, due to the high number of complaints about the “Harry Potter” books, the number of objections to “mysticism and paganism” surpassed the number of challenges to books for “profanity or inappropriate language.” According to the report, “the number of challenges was probably inflated by the debut of a movie ...
“Here petitioner wants to be called 'Three' but he wants to have it spelled 'III,'” reads a concurring opinion. ”'III' is simply not a word, it is a symbol. A person might change his name to 'number' but surely he could not spell that name '#. ' The same rationale would apply to the name 'period' spelled '.
An example being “Mon1ka”, which would most likely not be permissible as your chosen name. Some states also limit the number of letters that can be used, as well as the inclusion of pictograms, obscenity, symbols, emojis, or any offensive language. America isn't the only country to put a ban on certain baby names.
Plan a family-friendly trip to Mexico City. Mexico City is a fun destination for families and children of all ages. In general, Mexican culture is family-oriented, so it is common to see entire families enjoying brunch or hanging out at parks and museums during the weekends.
Niño or niña, muchacho or muchacha, and chico or chica are the most common words used in Spanish to refer to children. In traditional Spanish, masculine plural forms such as niños are used to refer to groups of children that include boys and girls.
When the Batman comics first arrived in Latin America, it was decided to change Bruce Wayne's name to Bruno Diaz to make it more relatable to younger readers in that part of the world.
Gender: Luna is frequently used as a girl's name, being a feminine noun in both Spanish and Italian. Luna is the name of a female goddess, making it more likely to be a namesake for baby girls. Although it is less common, Luna has been used as a boy's name as well.
Hermione Jean Granger (/hɜːrˈmaɪəni ˈɡreɪndʒər/ hur-MY-ə-nee GRAYN-jər) is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She first appears in the novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), on the Hogwarts express as a first year student on her way to Hogwarts.
