Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii

This is the actual name of a nine-year old girl from New Zealand. I have no idea why her parents named her “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii” but thank God a judge ruled in her favor — she can now change her weird name. Colleen MacLeod, lawyer for the nine-year-old said: “She never told her close friends her real name for fear of being mocked and teased. She told people her name was ‘K’.” Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt expressed dismay about a New Zeland trend of giving children bizarre names and in a ruling made public that cited a list of unfortunate names that he said were embarrassing for children.

Names blocked by registration officials included: Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Stallion, Twisty Poi, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit. However, the names Number 16 Bus Shelter, Midnight Chardonnay and even Violence were allowed. Brian Clarke, registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages said New Zealand law does not allow names that would cause offence to a reasonable person, that are 100 characters or more long, that include titles or military rank or that include punctuation marks or numerals.