I think this judge is being far too lenient - these people should be shot...
"A judge has attacked a bizarre trend in New Zealand for giving children strange names as he made a nine-year-old called
Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii a ward of court.
Family Court Judge
Rob Murfitt listed a series of unfortunate names that he said were embarrassing or made children seem foolish among their peers.
Some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Stallion, Twisty Poi, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, were blocked by registration officials, he said.
But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter, Midnight Chardonnay, "and tragically, Violence," the judge said.
The names were mentioned in Murfitt's decision on a custody battle over the nine-year-old girl from the North Island town of Hawera, who was so embarrassed at the name her parents had given her - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii - that she never told her closest friends what it was.
She told people her name was "K" because she feared being "mocked and teased," the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.
Mangled moniker mishaps
This is not the first time that New Zealand authorities have had to intervene over a bizarre baby name. In August 2007,
Pat and Sheena Wheaton were told by government officials that they couldn’t name their baby
4Real as it contained a digit. The couple simply reconsidered and re-named their child
Superman.
The trend for crazy baby monikers has also extended to Europe. In June 2008, Swedish tax authorities informed a Stockholm couple they must change the name of their
5-month-old baby girl Elvis. Another Swedish family recently won a protracted battle to ensure their daughter was allowed to keep the name
Metallica."