Banned Baby Names: List Surfaces In New Zealand, 77 Bizarre Names: Includes 'Anal,' 'Lucifer,' 'Mafia No Fear,' '4real,' And More

New Zealand Officials from the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, have released an updated list of 77 baby names that are banned this week.

The list of banned names began in 1995 in order to protect against parents who see the naming of their child as a 'good joke' rather than a responsibility, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

In 2008, New Zealand's family court ordered a name change for a 9-year-old girl whose parents had named her, 'Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii,' because it was embarrassing and "makes a fool of the child," according to Sky News.  Judge Rob Murfitt, presiding over the case, criticized parents who gave their children bizarre names, citing examples such as 'Number 16 Bus Shelter', 'Midnight Chardonnay' and twins called 'Benson' and 'Hedges'.

New Zealand's list of 77 banned names revealed that one child was set to be called 'Anal' before the Department of Internal Affairs vetoed the proposal and another voided being named '.', according to the Telegraph.

"Since 1995, the Births, Deaths and Marriages and Relationships Registration Act has provided a set of rules around acceptable names for New Zealanders," a spokesperson for New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs told Sky News.  "A name, or combination of names, should not cause offense, be unreasonably long or resemble an official title or rank."

The set of banned names includes names with religious connections such as Lucifer, Christ or Messiah, reports CNN.  In the past 12 years, six parents who wanted to name there child  'Lucifer' were rejected by the government, two wanted to name their child 'Messiah' and the name 'Christ' was rejected once as well.

In addition, names like 'King,' 'Knight,' 'Royal,' 'Princess,' 'Prince,' 'Queen,' 'Duke,' 'Majesty,' 'Master' and others have also been rejected because they denote a title of some sort, CNN reports.  Finally, more 'creative' names like 'Mafia No Fear,' '4real,' 'V8,' 'Anal' and various stand alone symbols, numbers, and symbol combinations have also been rejected.

Some of the names that have been rejected, such as 'Justice' or 'Honour' don't seem quite as threatening in comparison to some of the other names that have been attempted.

"New Zealand is not the only country to act as editor for some parent's wacky ideas," CNN reports.  Sweden also has laws that concern the naming of children and the Dominican Republic has considered taking on naming bans in 2009, after a number of parents named their children after cars or fruit.  In the United States, however, it seems that the government doesn't tend to jump in unless the name includes some kind of profanity of some sort.

CNN has posted a list of names that were banned in New Zealand since 2001 and how many times the names were requested:
Justice:62
King:31
Princess:28
Prince:27
Royal:25
Duke:10
Major:9
Bishop:9
Majesty:7
J:6
Lucifer:6
using brackets around middle names:4
Knight:4
Lady:3
using back slash between names:8
Judge:3
Royale:2
Messiah:2
T:2
I:2
Queen:2
II:2
Sir:2
III:2
Jr:2
E:2
V:2
Justus:2
Master:2
Constable:1
Queen Victoria:1
Regal:1
Emperor:1
Christ:1
Juztice:1
3rd:1
C J :1
G:1
Roman numerals III:1
General:1
Saint:1
Lord:1
. (full stop):1
89:1
Eminence:1
M:1
VI:1
Mafia No Fear:1
2nd:1
Majesti:1
Rogue:1
4real:1
* (star symbol):1
5th:1
S P:1
C:1
Sargent:1
Honour:1
D:1
Minister:1
MJ:1
Chief:1
Mr:1
V8:1
President:1
MC:1
Anal:1
A.J:1
Baron:1
L B:1
H-Q:1
Queen V:1