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Re: France preapproved baby name list
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Thanks, that's really interesting. Is there any European country which at the moment does have a list of preapproved names?___________________________________________________________http://signorinaquixote.blogspot.com/
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Denmark has a list of "preapproved names" as you call it, and it is revised constantly. The list is in addition to the Danish Act of Names (naming law).
There are 7995 approved boys' names and 10373 approved girls' names.
The only link I have is in Danish:
http://www.familiestyrelsen.dk/navne/1/?no_cache=1
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I'm not completely sure. My guess is not. At my knowledge, most of the countries have simply a naming law (in general very similar).Theorically, Portugal has not a list of preapproved names but a naming law, but in practice the list of accepted names after a trial (plus the common and usual names) act as preapproved names list by most of civil servants. But that is a problem of abuse/habit, not a mandatory requirement.Similar types of habits and abuses appear (or can appear) in the rest of countries, but just as other habits and abuses related with any other civil law.
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