Venezuela’s government wants to limit baby names to an approved list of 100.
Goodbye, Tutankamen del Sol. So long, Hengelberth, Maolenin, Kerbert Krishnamerk, Githanjaly, Yornaichel, Nixon and Yurbiladyberth.
I had no idea that wild names were such a big deal in Venezuela. Some names are fanciful phonetic constructions - “Haynhect, Olmelibey, Yan Karll and Udemixon” - while others have a political tinge.
Software searches of the voter registry find more than 60 people of voting age with the first name Hitler, including Hitler Adonys Rodríguez Crespo; eight Hochiminhs, among them Hochiminh Jesús Delgado Sierra; and six Eisenhowers, including Dwight Eisenhower Rojas Barboza.
This finally explains why a Venezuelan acquaintance of mine is named Stalin.
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prospectus // September 6, 2007 at 7:56 am
I’d love to try a search like that for Britain! I’m trying to think of the oddest-named acquaintance I know. I can’t come up with anything very off-the-wall. The only one is Karl - who is actually Karol, after JPII. In Poland that would be nothing special though.
Rich // September 7, 2007 at 5:26 pm
My guess is that since Venezuela is under the dictatorial horror of Hugo Chavez, the only approved names will be Fidel and Che.
prospectus // September 7, 2007 at 6:10 pm
“Dictatorial horror” depends who you ask, really. Not many dictators have so many free elections and win them.
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Alex // September 10, 2007 at 3:20 pm
I think baby names should be down to the parents and not limited!!
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