New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman

[Symantec9]

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a baby..

Wed Aug 8, 2007 9:23 AM ET

 

 

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman -- but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.

 

Pat and Sheena Wheaton say they will get around the decision by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages by officially naming their son Superman but referring to him as 4Real, the New Zealand Herald newspaper has reported.

 

The Wheatons decided on the name after seeing the baby for the first time in an ultrasound scan and realizing their baby was "for real."

 

They decided 4Real was the best way to write it, but the name was rejected because the registrar said a name had to be a sequence of characters.

 

Pat Wheaton said he was considering appealing against the decision through the courts, but whatever happens he won't be budged on his choice.

 

"No matter what its going to stay 4Real," Wheaton told the Herald, "I'm certainly not a quitter."

 

A spokesman for the Department of Internal Affairs, which operates the registry told the Herald discussions with the Wheatons about their son's name were continuing.

 

The baby is now two months old, after the Wheatons first applied to register his name in later June.

[Tarzan666]

crazy folks...

i wonder how they feel if their parents name them dumbas$ or dimwit

[Apollo]

lucky the foetus haven develop the male organ yet.. otherwise become superKok

 

[Achtung]

Well, many Singaporeans also named their kids weird names.... I have already seen one too many. Names like sylvanus... wah kaoz....

[Rollagt]

I agree with you..

Parents nowadays like to name their kids fancy names..from Alfonsus to more stylo milo Wilberforce.

 

For girls..some name their baby ger, Princessa!

[Achtung]

Alfonsus? Thats bad spelling! It should be Alphonsus.

This thread should be expended into a list of bad names for kids.

[Apollo]

huh? Princess sai? mother of all kanasai?

[Friendstar]

in names, there's no such thing as bad spelling.

 

eunice is spelt as eunyce by some.

 

which puzzled me.

[Rollagt]

Really duno what is going on in the parents mind.

They not afraid the kids might be a laughing stock in school.

 

Non english speaking folks will pronounce as " Ah Fong ser"

[Rollagt]

Something like Vanessa into Princessa.

 

I saw it on a birth cert of a baby ger.

[Achtung]

I knew two friends who just had babies. They have names that no one knows how to pronouce. Creativity = full marks. Stupidity also score full marks. When me and my friends saw the name, our instant reaction were.... WTF?!?!?! It was dat bad!

Edited August 9, 2007 by Achtung

[Rollagt]

U got ask ur fren why such special names ?

[Achtung]

It is not special, they are stupid names. Decided not to ask it will lead to no where. I did not list the names as they are also in the car fraternity. Hehehehehe

Edited August 9, 2007 by Achtung

[Rollagt]

Haha..

Its okie..

[Comfy]

huh? Princess sai? mother of all kanasai?

 

imagine calling your kina princess when she's in her 50s and above... disgusting lor..

[Ecaf]

in names, there's no such thing as bad spelling.

 

eunice is spelt as eunyce by some.

 

which puzzled me.

 

wonder if there are some kokc parents who try to be smart and name their son Eunuch

[Jack_jack]

Has the mad cow disease finally reached the shores of New Zealand?

 

I guess no country nor culture will be spared from this stupid names disease. I've come across mainland Chinese with names like Cloud, Milk and Super.

 

No matter how stupid the names, nobody will make fun of these victims of parental stupidity once they become successful in life. Certainly, no one made fun of guys like Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bean Bryant, Carmello Anthony and Snaq O'Meal.

[Genie47]

Sylvanus? What do they think the kid is? A light bulb?