Can you legally name your child one letter?

Yes, but it depends on where you were born and where you live. My legal first name is an initialism “J.” as written on my birth certificate. That is legal where I was born, the state of California in the United States of America. Others in the country have single letter names without the appended “dot.”

Why can’t you name your kid king?

California is one of the states that don’t allow the use of accents, but they do permit the inclusion of hyphens and apostrophes. This explains why Elon Musk and Grimes were able to charmingly name their child “X AE A-XII”.

Can you name your child a curse word?

In the US, it is legal on paper, but parents who have named their kids after swearwords, ruthless dictators, genocidal maniacs, and the spouses of genocidal maniacs, have had their children taken away for child neglect.

Are there any baby names that are illegal in the US?

35 Outlawed Baby Names From Around the World. Here in the U.S., we give parents a lot of leeway when it comes to naming their children. New Jersey only bans names that include obscenities, numerals, or symbols, so the Campbells were totally in the clear when naming their children Adolf Hitler and JoyceLynn Aryan Nation.

Do you have the right to name your child anything you want?

(In Minnesota, you’re limited to “only” 150 characters.) But if you want to name your kid something that’ll get them teased for the rest of their life, it’s your American right. In other countries, though, that isn’t always the case, and there are much stricter naming laws.

Is it bad to name your child after your dad?

A 1980 study showed that sons named after their dad had fewer behavioral problems, which makes sense because a kid is constantly aware that he is carrying that name. It’s like having dad breathing down your neck.

Should first names be allowed in the US?

Today the law vaguely states that “first names shall not be approved if they can cause offense or can be supposed to cause discomfort for the one using it, or names which for some obvious reason are not suitable as a first name.” In protest of the restrictions, one couple decided to make their child’s name a captcha code from hell.