It is illegal to call your baby these names in UK

If Kanye West can call his son Saint, then why can’t we all, right? Well, if you’re from New Zealand you may have to think a little more conventionally.

Since 1995, the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Act has contained rules on what you cannot call your child.

On the no list are names that cause offence, are unreasonably long or resemble an official title or rank. No this means no Prince, Princess or Chief or a second coming with the Messiah.

And if you were hoping to bypass the act by putting brackets around your child’s name (people actually do), then that isn’t allowed either. But while names might be a little more ordinary, the list of the most commonly rejected names from 2015 is fairly entertaining.

Registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages, Jeff Montgomery – the man who deems whether names are acceptable or not – rejected 49 last year.

‘Most parents are serious,’ he told Stuff New Zealand.

‘They think it’s a name that fits their baby. They think it’s a nice name.

‘There’s not normally anything nasty about it. They’re not intending it to be offensive.’

These were the most rejected baby names of 2015

Messiah
King
Royal
Prince
Royale
Bishop
Princess
Empress
/ [symbol in name]
() [name in brackets]
Sir
Royahl
Rogue
Knight
Justyce
Lord
Regal
Suprintedent
Royaal
Commodore
Justice
Chief
Sarjant
Impryss
Christ
Queen
MMMR

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