71 names so awful New Zealand had to ban them

Lucifer. Mafia No Fear. "*" (!) What were these parents thinking?

You thought “Apple” and “Facebook” were bad?

Some New Zealand parents were getting so creative devising unique names for their newborns that the country’s Department of Internal Affairs has stepped in to stop the shenanigans.

New Zealand released an official list of rejected names on Wednesday that includes “4Real,” “Mafia No Fear” and “Anal.” Other gems — like “.” and “*” — didn’t even bother with the alphabet. All of the names on the list were at some point proposed by parents, soon to be rejected by the government, which deemed the names too offensive.

71 names so awful New Zealand had to ban them - Salon.com