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Should parents be allowed to name their kids whatever they please? Image: sxc.hu
A Swedish couple who wish to legally name their son Q swear they have not been influenced by the popular Ian Fleming stories. They just like the name and are fighting the Swedish government for the right to bestow it upon their son. Swedish authorities, however, say the name is not appropriate because it consists of only one letter and is therefore prohibited by the country's names law.
The parents are appealing the court's ruling claiming that Q is the name the boy has answered to since birth. "He is quite simply Q with half of the inhabitants of the Åre area. There are stranger names in the valley," the couple claim in their appeal.
Q's parents are not the first to run up against it the Swedish names law. Other Swedish parents before them have fought the law for the right to name their children whatever they wish - some with more success than others. In the past few years, the courts have ruled against Superman and Elvis, but gave Metallica and Lego the go-ahead.
Do you think the Swedish government should be getting involved in the highly personal decision of what to name a child? Are they protecting children or just meddling? And what about here in the United States, home of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler and countless other questionably named children? Should our government be stepping in to protect these children from their own parents' bad judgment?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 5)
5-17-2009 @ 8:48AM
AjM33771 said...They probably want to name the child "Q" because of the Star Trek Next Gen Character. So, they want to traumatize the kid eh? LOL What a joke!
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5-17-2009 @ 7:40AM
Riley said...lol. thats a good one :)
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5-17-2009 @ 7:46AM
ZZ said...SPELL IT QUE
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5-17-2009 @ 1:05PM
Bob C. said...How about Cue?
5-17-2009 @ 7:47AM
jess said...Dont these parents even think about what they could be doing to their children in the long run? If I had to live my whole life as a letter or the most hated dictator ever I would be pretty messed up over the long run. The government in a select few cases should step in if it interferes with the welfare of the child. My chidren have unique names but it's not gonna mess up thir lives.
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5-17-2009 @ 8:04AM
DanD448 said...this makes no sense. If they want to ban one letter then they would have double trouble here in Virginia. I know a J.B. B.C. J.D. gimme a break
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5-17-2009 @ 8:16AM
lee said...People did not try to outdo each other to think of wierd names in the past. For the sake of the children, some controls should be in place the names are getting rediculous.
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5-17-2009 @ 2:03PM
Chris said...Thanks mssalty. Once we want the government to pay for our healthcare, to pay for our reetirement, to pay for our education, to make laws so people can't call us names, then they become our parent and the control just goes further and deeper. Unfortunately we will not realize until the trap has sprung and it is too late to escape. We have lost the ability to reason from cause to effect.
Self control is only hope. But since we refuse to be self governing in what we eat, what we say, how we behave etc, we have invited Big Brother to do it for us! I'll be looking for the government book of names sometime soon on the NY Times Bestseller list.
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5-17-2009 @ 8:29AM
Chris Chick said...If the parents are so hard up on a simple name there are alternative things they can do such as #1 Call him Que or Cue, it spells differently but is pronounced differently. #2 They can find the name for Cue, Que or Q in a different language so it would appear a little longer #3 The parents can customize the spelling of the childs name so it is acceptable to the countries government. #4 Just keep his name usual and call him Q, nobody is going to know or even care to notice the difference.
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5-19-2009 @ 12:27AM
ROBERT ELLIOTT said...JUST NAME HIM "CUE" AND WHEN HE LEARNS TO WRITE HAVE HIM SIGN HIS NAME "Q" IF IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HIS PARENTS!!!
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5-17-2009 @ 8:46AM
cindy b said...my daughter teaches at a University. Although "Q" is easy to spell and say, she tells me there are MANY, MANY names she can't pronounce much less 'just outright spell'....! Its absolutely horrendous/rediculous of the names given these days. MOST seem to be just letters - like the ones you have 'left over in SCRABBLE'......
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5-17-2009 @ 2:30PM
Q's Butt said...They were simply stating that their daughter who works at a University has a hard time pronouncing the names of students. I didn't take that as they were somehow better than all of us. You need to chillax Q, smoke a doobie. It'll be ok...really.
5-17-2009 @ 8:49AM
J said...You mentioned the James Bond Q and not the Star Trek Q?!
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5-17-2009 @ 8:52AM
aJM33771 said..."Que" may be fine over on this side of the Pond, but over in Sweden and parts of Europe where the child lives and will most likely for the Rest of Their Life, it means at least one different thing; "What?"
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5-17-2009 @ 9:39AM
Veronica said...I am like one of the other coments name the baby Que and then shorten it to Q around family and friends, Hope everything works out for tthe best. Good luck.
Veronica,
from USA
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5-25-2009 @ 1:15PM
Alexa said...its just a name the judges shouldnt fight because of a nameits not very fair Q is an awesome name so the judges are so wrong
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5-17-2009 @ 9:07AM
neesiedouglas said...Unfortunately, names have meanings, which can change the course of people's lives. I know of a lady who named her daughter Dammistake although she pronounced it duh-miss-tah-kay, we all knew her marriage had just ended and that she thought her daughter was a d_mn mistake. That poor child has to go through life hearing the taunts of those around her when someone "mispronounces" it, but knowing that you are unwanted is even worse.
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5-17-2009 @ 9:19AM
Jezebele said...These parents are not creative at all. Change the spelling. Why can't you spell it Que or Queue? I wish the US government had more control over names. I don't care what emphasis you put on a word it is still that word. Shithead. Lemonjello. Really. It's frustrating when people screw up you name. Imagine if it were Asswipe. Not something I'd want to be called.
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5-17-2009 @ 9:22AM
Steve said...Q huh, Well it could have been "Sue," now that would be damaging.
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5-17-2009 @ 9:35AM
SirSFsBE said...they could spell it Qu said Q
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