Registrar-General Jeff Montgomery explains that under New Zealand law parents are free to be creative when naming their baby however they had to make sure the names.

New zealand baby name rules. Jeff Montgomery Registrar-General of Births Deaths and Marriages says the guidelines make sure the names dont cause offence are a reasonable length and dont unjustifiably resemble an official title or rank. The countrys Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages must approve baby names. New Zealands Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages states that acceptable names must not cause offense to a reasonable person not be unreasonably long and.

Tips for ensuring you can register your babys name. Sweden also has a naming law and has nixed Superman as a baby name Lucifer cannot be born in New Zealand. Limit the name to no more than 70 characters.

New Zealand No you cant call your baby V8. A total of 66 names got the boot and included a mix of royal titles military ranks and one that was possibly a kind of lipstick. Since 1995 legislation has provided a set of rules for acceptable names for New Zealanders where a name or combination of names should not cause offence be unreasonably long or resemble an official title or rank.

The name of any baby born and registered in New Zealand must comply with New Zealands rules regardless of the nationality of the parents explains Mr Montgomery. Children receive the surname of their married parents or the surname of their father if the surnames of their parents differ one from another. 20 Most Popular New Zealand Girl Names.

The only rule is that a name might not be registered in exceptional cases when the chosen name could be considered offensive. Oliver remains New Zealands most popular baby name for boys. While the country has no banned baby names per se New Zealands.

This can then be taken to an appeal. New Zealands Department of Internal affairs has released a list of baby names it rejected last year two of which were not names but Roman numerals II and III. Baby names banned in New Zealand The list of name below includes punctuation marks such as a period and asterisk and the use of slashes or brackets.