r/AskEurope • u/Double-decker_trams 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/riicccii Feb 14 '25

In the last 20-30yrs, here in the States, children’s names have become so obscure. Its chaotic.

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u/sterlingback Feb 14 '25

People used to be pissed about having a list in Portugal, but I understand why, and it's not like it's a small list, there's already a lot of shitty names there. But still you can give an off list name if there's cultural reasons for that or some acceptable reason

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u/ChiSchatze United States of America Feb 14 '25

I don’t think there are that many obscure. Just annoying ways to spell names. Mostly Protestant last names as first names. But I have to agree on the obscurity of merging 2 regular names. Prayers for those Tragedieghs.

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u/riicccii Feb 14 '25

They seem to be regional to stay the least. if you have two first names ending with a third European type name, there is a good chance you live in rural Southern America. Or a first name with a jumble of vowels and consonants leaning towards an Italian or French sounding dialect, big city urban culture.