Judge Crushes Parents’ Dreams By Vetoing Their Baby’s Delicious Name

A French judge spared a baby girl from a lifetime of teasing by making her parents change her legal birth name.

Which raises an important question - why can't US judges do the same?

A couple in France had their dreams crushed by a judge who vetoed their baby's name, "Nutella", saying that it was in the best interest of the child to spare her from a lifetime of teasing and disparaging thoughts. After missing their court appearance,  the judge ordered them to change it to Ella.

By now, you might be asking the same thing I was, "how can they force them to change the baby's name?"  In France, a registrar checks newborns’ names when birth certificates are registered. If a name is deemed contrary to the child’s interest, the registrar has to notify a prosecutor. A family court can then change the name.

Wow, what would it take to get that kind of service in the US? Or should people be able to call their baby whatever they want?