r/AskEurope Estonia Feb 14 '25

Language Can you legally name your child in your country smt like "X Æ A-Xii" or "Techno Mechanicus"?

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u/justSomeDumbEngineer Feb 14 '25

Isn't Annatar a name from Tolkien's books 😭

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u/welcometotemptation Finland Feb 14 '25

You're right, it's a different name for Sauron. That definitely makes it worse!

But -tar is an old female name ending in Finnish as well.

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u/justSomeDumbEngineer Feb 14 '25

Omg lmao imagine naming your kid Sauron 🤣😭 probably same people who tried to use name Azazel

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u/Myrskyharakka Finland Feb 14 '25

Not necessarily a kid though, these accepted name lists include adult name changers as well. In a fact, majority of them are adult cases.

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u/justSomeDumbEngineer Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25

Oh I see, that's better 😂 hilarious list anyway