have you ever wanted to change your name?

[Full Quiver]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.

Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.

Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said.

The new name was not made public to protect the girl's privacy.

"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child's parents have shown in choosing this name," he wrote. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."

The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her "K" instead, the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.

In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.

Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.

New Zealand law does not allow names that would cause offense to a reasonable person, among other conditions, said Brian Clarke, the registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Clarke said officials usually talked to parents who proposed unusual names to convince them about the potential for embarrassment.

[panhandler]

have you ever wanted to change your name?

Well, with a last name like Pugh, what do you think.

My cousins who were named Screws changed their's to Crews. It worked out well for them.

[PastorDaniel]

have you ever wanted to change your name?

Well, with a last name like Pugh, what do you think.

My cousins who were named Screws changed their's to Crews. It worked out well for them.

At least its not Pughy....(Pew-ee)

Are you related to Bishop Pugh??

[Ilovebigcats]

have you ever wanted to change your name?

Well, with a last name like Pugh, what do you think.

My cousins who were named Screws changed their's to Crews. It worked out well for them.

How are you related to Keith and Lori? Why didn't I know or remember you were related?

[panhandler]

have you ever wanted to change your name?

Well, with a last name like Pugh, what do you think.

My cousins who were named Screws changed their's to Crews. It worked out well for them.

At least its not Pughy....(Pew-ee)

Are you related to Bishop Pugh??

Bishop Pugh is my much older brother.


If i only had a nickel for all of the times I have heard Pew-eeee

[panhandler]

have you ever wanted to change your name?

Well, with a last name like Pugh, what do you think.

My cousins who were named Screws changed their's to Crews. It worked out well for them.

How are you related to Keith and Lori? Why didn't I know or remember you were related?

Keith's Dad and my Dad were first cousins. And not even knowing it we began dating and eventually married Michigan girls (Debbie, Lori) who grew up know each other from camp etc.

[Kenya]

I've wanted to change my name to something other than "mom" many times.......

just kiddin...

[RamboPreacher]

WARNING - semi-OT:

I've wanted to change my name to something other than "mom" many times.......

just kiddin...

it's all worth going through those times when your name changes to gahmaw (or something like that - I am grambo, as example)

[TW]

WARNING - semi-OT:

I've wanted to change my name to something other than "mom" many times.......

just kiddin...

it's all worth going through those times when your name changes to gahmaw (or something like that - I am grambo, as example)

Rambo, I didn't know that at one time your name was "mom!"


TW

[RamboPreacher]

WARNING - semi-OT:

I've wanted to change my name to something other than "mom" many times.......

just kiddin...

it's all worth going through those times when your name changes to gahmaw (or something like that - I am grambo, as example)

Rambo, I didn't know that at one time your name was "mom!"


TW

yup - when I was "between wives", and my kids were real young, I was called mom at times.

[Mike Vande]

Name, no. Body, brain, credit rating, college degree, marital status, age, all yes.