NEW ORLEANS, LA - DECEMBER 22: Inside the securely gated and private Georgetown Apartment complex, newly installed wooden privacy fence, potting soil and shrubbery, and freshly grouted bricks in the wall behind where rapper Renetta "Magnolia Shorty" Lowe (also known as the Queen of Bounce and was only the second female rapper to sign on with Cash Money Records, a national label that began in New Orleans) and Jerome Hampton were gunned down and lost control of their car causing it to crash into this fence at around 12:30pm on Monday, Dec 20th afternoon in the 6300 block of Bridgehampton Drive pictured on December 22, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images)
A woman in Riverview, Florida shared a disturbing video of her neighbor lady who punched a hole through her wooden fence. The neighbor goes on a crazy rant calling her “artificial and disgusting” . . . and adds, “your kid is going to die.”
For many parents, naming a child can become a stressful process. Perhaps, it’s the pressure of giving a tiny human a name they will have for their entire life. Some families name their kids after a family member, someone famous, fictional characters, or sometimes something that reminds them of a sweet memory. Parents have the right to choose a child’s name. However, that responsibility comes with a few restrictions.
Some states have naming laws and restrictions that define whether new parents are allowed to choose a certain name for their baby or not. According to USBirthCertificates.com, a vital records application preparation assistance service, certain states have other kinds of naming restrictions in place to protect children. This includes banning the use of obscenity in names.
What are some of those baby name restrictions?
Several states limit the number of characters that can be used in a name because of official birth records software used in the U.S. Apparently, in Nebraska first, middle and last names must be less than 100 characters total.
While other states go as far as banning the use of numerical digits or emojis. For example, Massachusetts only allow letters found on the standard English keyboard to be used in baby names. There are also states who prohibit naming children after people who have committed heinous crimes. We don’t know why anyone would, but this means you can’t name your child “Adolf Hitler.”
Many of the common naming restrictions include derogatory terms, obscenity, offensive names, numbers, and certain characters like asterisks. However, there are celebrities like She's Y now, or "Why?" or just "?" (But the government won't recognize that). curiosity, the eternal question, .. and such.
— 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳ (@Grimezsz) March 23, 2023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1639050294213459968%7Ctwgr%5E5a5348cf48c8c60f7c766035b242ff8b822d7a5d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrities%2F2023%2F03%2F26%2Fgrimes-elon-musk-daughter-name-y-meaning%2F11545845002%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Grimes and Elon Musk who didn’t let their states restrictions stop them from naming their kids Exa Dark Sideræl referred to as “Y” and X Æ A-XII, nicknamed “X.”
If you are in the “naming” process, you should become familiar with the restrictions set in place by each state to avoid birth certificate surprises.
Here are 6 baby names you probably should avoid.