These shocking baby names have officially been banned

I proud of my daughter name Takasha

Hussien. Barak, i think that pretty much sums it up!!

well my partner name is angus he name after his greatgreatgreatgranfather Angus and when we have a son will be calling him angus john junoir

I don't think you have the "right" to abuse a child in such a way. And giving them a name that will put them at a blatant disadvantage their whole life, HAS to be abuse. There are millions of names that are actual names. Use older names that have fallen out of favor if you want a unique name. My son was given a name that isn't common (we gave him a middle name that can be shortened to a common name if he wishes later in life) but is still a unique name. Well, not unique but I'd be surprised if he meets more than a dozen ppl with it his whole life. Naming your child something that is a made-up word, a body part, a disease, or other such idiocy is NOT being unique, it's being stupid. Remember, your child is a human being. If you want to give something a stupid name, get a hampster. My Mom used to tell me, before you name your child, go to your back door and yell out the prospective name 3 times.

Worst baby name ever: La-a (pronounced Ladasha). Seriously?????

.... i like my name and its originality. i DONT think the gov't should be able to ban what you decide to name YOUR child and while I chose to name my son Caden without all the other variations (and I keep hearing "oh thats really simple") i like, and know a few people with the name Nevaeh (nuh vay uh for the people goin how do you say it)

if, as a parent, you decide to name your child something horrible like La-a then thats YOUR fault but by no means should the government be allowed to 'swoop in' and dictate what you name the life that you created.

Meh, I exercised a stellar lack of originality when naming my sons, Michael and David. Figured life was hard enough without making it worse.

Nevaeh sounds almost satanic to me. Like spelling Heaven backwards is disrespectful. And I am not even religious.

Kids can have 'normal' names and be just as 'special' as the rest. My daughter's name is Kayla... she's well known at her school, not because of her name, but b/c she's pretty, intelligent, sweet, and has excellent manners. I can only hope that her sister, Olivia, and her brother, Joseph follow in her footsteps. I can't believe the names that some people give their kids b/c they want them to be different. Then again, people might look at my kids names and say "why the heck did you name them that?" Reasons behind the names? Kayla- a name we say everywhere and fell in love with! Olivia- we thought the name was beautiful and went well with our last name (she's also a very unique little girl!) and last but not least is Joseph- he is named for several men in both of our families!

Definitely the government should outlaw certain names like Lucifer. Unless you are some demon possessed, devil worshipping individual, why would you want to name your child Lucifer? Some of the weird names like Apple or Storm, that's okay, nothing wrong with those names, just their parent's tastes. I think parents should give their kids a chance in life and naming them Lucifer or Hadees isn't going to help.

government shouldn't be in the business of determining names.... if the readers don't know this -- they deserve the government they get.... and the future Norwegian response!

I would pick adolf over muhamed any day

PennyLane,

When I was growing up "fanny" was used as a slang word for someone's backside not their genitals. I still wouldn't give that name to my daughter, though. Historically, I don't think the name started as a reference to a body part.

I'm not fond of the name Neveah but at least you can pronounce it and it doesn't seem to rhyme with anything too bad. I can't stand it when people give their children obvious kid names like Willie or Johnny. Give your kid a name they can use as a grown-up and use a kidified nickname if you must.

I have heard stories of a child named La-a (LaDASHa), and it's gotten so bad with the wacked out names that my husband's younger cousin's name was completely mispronounced by the school nurse when she was little. The nurse called my Aunt-in-law and said, "Your daughter, Mar-why Ka-tay is sick and needs to be picked up." After a while of thrying to figure out who the nurse was talking about, the mom finally realized that the nurse was mispronouncing Mary Kate. Geez.

Tan, I also agree with you. People have turned ALOT of just "regular" words into things they really shouldn't and its unecessary and also very sad that we have gotten to that point that something as simple as "words" can be perverted when they actually are not.

I think the government should step in when parents try to give their children names that would cause them to be harrassed. I have a greatniece Brooke Lynn (I begged her mother not to do it!), I have met women named Cleopatra and Rapunzel (these were grown women; had I been given such a bizarre name, I would have changed it as soon as it was legally possible!). The only problem I have with my own name is how its spelled. It causes me mild consternation because its spelled without an E in the middle but thats the way I was taught to spell it. My mother told me she was going to name me Iris or Rosanne (I guess she was in a floral mood when I was born.) so Im not going to complain about a minor thing like spelling.

As a daycare teacher I came across some unusual names..but this one family really sticks in my mind-The mom was Crystal, daughter Diamond and baby girl Sapphire. They are not bad names, but I couldn't help thinking "here come the family jewels" when they showed up.

Le-a. That mother should be tortured. ("The dash don't be silent!")

Who would name their baby "Dick"???????