The State Duma and the Federation Council were concerned about the “euphony” of the names of our fellow citizens. The State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation recommended that deputies adopt in the first reading a law that would prohibit parents from calling their children ridiculous and dissonant names. The author of this bill, by the way, is Federation Council member Valentina Petrenko, a person with an unusual hairstyle and strict views on life. 
The document even includes examples of “incorrect” names: Christamrirados, Dolphin, Luka-Happiness Summerset Ocean, Yaroslav-Lyutobor, Zarya Zaryanitsa, Oceana and BOC rVF 26062 (Biological object of a person of the Voronin-Frolov family born on June 26, 2002). The last name, let’s say, is clearly too much, but, by the way, it was not registered in the registry office. And now this “human biological object,” the unfortunate child of hipsters, has been walking around for almost 15 years without documents. 
Senator Petrenko, when creating her bill, was guided by humane goals: children should not suffer from names that their parents, exalted to the point of inadequacy, come up with for them. “When giving an exotic name to their child, parents do not always imagine what difficulties their son or daughter may encounter, especially in a children’s group,” writes the author of the initiative in explanatory note to the document. And looking at “Christamrirados”, Senator Petrenko, you seem to understand. 
In addition, it is also necessary to limit the fantasies of parents for the reason that ZAKS now formally cannot refuse registration of even the most idiotic names (BOCH rVF26062 is a rare exception). In this sense, recommendations not to call newborns “digital and letter designations, numerals, abbreviations, indications of ranks and positions” look justified. But what does it mean “the name cannot contain profanity”? To us, personally, it seems unlikely that parents would call their offspring a swear word... At the dawn of Soviet power, people, inspired by revolutionary changes, also gave their children no common names- this seemed to them to correspond to the offensive new era. Arvil (V.I. Lenin's Army), Vilyur (Vladimir Ilyich loves his Motherland), Vinun (Vladimir Ilyich will never die). There were the classic Dazdraperma (Long live the First of May) and the beautiful Dazdramygda (Long live the bond between town and village). There were, however, some names that stuck - Vladlen or Vladilen (Vladimir Lenin or Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) or, at least, that did not offend the ear: Rem - Revolution, Engels, Marx. But most of the “revolutionary names” turned out to be stillborn and people, growing up, tried to get rid of them (Zipanalda - Papanin’s wintering on ice or Trolebuzin - Trotsky, Lenin, Bukharin, Zinoviev). And the heroes after whom the babies were named could often turn out to be enemies of the people and bring trouble to their “godson.” One way or another, this fad soon faded away. But let's return to the excellent initiative of Senator Petrenko. Members of the State Construction and Construction Committee (this is not a typo, but my attempt to combine the incompatible in the name of the committee: “Committee on State Construction and Legislation”) have already stated that by the second reading the bill can be expanded and finalized. So much so that it will be prohibited not only to call children by numbers, but also by the names of months, for example. Although, what's wrong with the name Mai? But for some reason it seems that the Duma members, given their legislative itch, will not limit themselves to such trifles. They can, for example, introduce restrictions on the number of vowels or, conversely, consonants in a name. Otherwise, the very number of letters in the name is regulated. And it’s also interesting: what to do in our completely Orthodox country, with church names? There are also a lot of difficult-to-pronounce names and names that are questionable in terms of euphony. Asclepiades and Agathoclia, Exacustodian and Eutropia, Olympiodorus and Metrodora, Sosipater and Christodoulos, Ursikios and Shushanika. Also, you can’t really pronounce it the first time. Will they really ban it? And one last thing. Senator Petrenko and members of the Duma committee should not blame irresponsible parents so much. Our officials also do not shy away from giving someone a rare name. For example, Rosreestr employees not long ago tried to rename the sons of a high-ranking government official, Artyom and Igor, in their documents. As a result, instead of the first one, LSDU3 was obtained, and the second one received the name YFYAU9. However, this is a completely different story... The Juraev family, living in the Vladimir region, named their son, who was born on Sunday, January 29, in honor of the current Russian Defense Minister - the newborn was named Shoigu, RIA VladNews reports with reference to Informing. The boy was born weighing 3 kilograms 200 grams, height 50 centimeters. His full name Juraev Shoigu Khurmedovich. The name for the boy was chosen by his grandfather Rakhmon Juraev. He explained his choice as follows: “Sergei Shoigu raised the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry from his knees, so he deserves for my grandson to be named in his honor.” The Alexandrovsky Maternity Hospital noted that the baby is healthy and will soon be discharged home. Let us remind you that the newborn baby is a cousin of a 2-year-old boy from the same family, who received the name Putin in January. Previously, his name was Rasul, but then his parents changed the boy’s name according to his grandfather’s idea. Let us note that the Juraev family has been living in Russia for a total of seven years: two years in the village of Legkovo, Vladimir Region, and five in Moscow. Family members are from Tajikistan, but have Russian citizenship.
Enthusiasm unusual names on the territory Russian Federation started back in Soviet times. The children's names were intricate abbreviations containing the name of a holiday or the name and field of activity of a certain historical figure. Some of them have successfully taken root; children are still called them today. (Vladlen – “Vladimir Lenin”, Gertrude – “Heroine of Labor”, Lenora – “Lenin – Our Weapon”, Kim – “Communist International of Youth”). But new wave Russians' fascination with strange and ridiculous nicknames for children has led to the need to introduce a new law on names that are acceptable or not acceptable for assigning to a newborn child.
The problem of ridiculous names has become especially acute in last decade. They contain numbers, nicknames, titles, abbreviations and even swear words. The most famous case is the story of a young Muscovite, whose parents named BOCh rVF 260602 (“Biological Object Man of the Voronin-Frolov family, born June 26, 2002”). The child suffered because of the strange fantasy of his own parents, and was able to change his name to "Igor" only at the age of 14 years.
In order to abolish similar cases, a bill to prohibit the registration in official documentation of strange and insulting nicknames for children, proposed Senator Valentina Petrenko, was adopted in the third (final) reading State Duma. According to the new law, civil registry offices of Russia and other registration authorities are authorized to refuse registration to persons who have violated the regulations Art. 18 Federal Law “On acts of civil status”. From now on, citizens of the Russian Federation are limited in their right to choose unusual names for their own children.
On April 21, 2017, the State Duma adopted the Federal Law “On Amendments to Article 58 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation and Article 18 Federal Law“On acts of civil status” No. 94-FZ. This law provides for amendments regulating the actions of parents when choosing names for children at birth.
According to the actual amendment protecting the rights of children, a name cannot be offensive or contain numerals or punctuation marks other than a hyphen. If the clause is not observed 1 article 58 of a valid law, parents will be denied registration of children as new citizens of the Russian Federation.
According to parts 2 of the article in question, the surname of the children must correspond to one of the surnames of the parents. This can be either the father's surname or the mother's surname. A double surname is given to a child on the condition that all full-born children of a given family will have one. A double surname consists of two words joined by a hyphen. Other additional inserts are strictly prohibited by law.
The current law 94-FZ also provides for amendments to Article 18 of the Federal Law “On Acts of Civil Status”, adopted on September 15, 1998. The changes also regulate the provision of names to newborn children. (clause 2) and last names (clause 1) in accordance with current law.
What is it wrong to name children in Russia?
The new law on children's names will define a list of unacceptable practices when choosing a name for a newborn.
It is considered unacceptable to have:
- Digits, numerals, numbers, dates, computer coding elements ( Ivan I, Natasha2010, Igor No. 2, Yaroslav100110);
- Punctuation marks with the exception of the hyphen, in which case the hyphen should not be used more than once ( Lyudmila/Kira, Arseny-Nikita-Svyatogor);
- Names of ranks, positions, titles, various professions ( Princess, Prince);
- Profanity, words with uncertain and ambiguous meaning, swear words, insulting the honor and dignity of both the child himself and the surrounding citizens of the Russian Federation.
It is believed that the abbreviation provision in the law will be eliminated. Many of them have long since taken root since the times of the USSR and do not cause negative bewilderment among citizens of the Russian Federation. Of course, this does not mean Dazdraperma (“Long Live the First of May”) and Kukutsapol (“Corn – Queen of the Fields”), but quite familiar Vladlen and Kira (“Red Banner Revolution”).
Also, registry offices have the right to refuse to register names that do not correspond to the moral principles characteristic of citizens of the Russian Federation. According to the records of the population registration authorities, there are cases when parents give male name girl and vice versa (example - Alyosha-Kaprina), sometimes it comes down to animal names ( Tuzik, Murka).
Also, citizens named as follows often appear in the registers of civil registry offices:
- Lucifer;
- Batman;
- Luca-Happiness Summerset Ocean;
- Eros;
- Messiah;
- Fun.
Often the wild creative imagination of the child’s parents has negative consequences for his future. The current law on children's names authorizes the responsible authorities to protect the interests of a minor citizen. If registration is refused, parents who insist on their decision are offered a list of acceptable names.
If they do not agree, and in this case, according to the new bill, the child is registered as abandoned, and his future fate guardianship authorities decide.
The most popular names in Russia
The majority of citizens of the Russian Federation, nevertheless, give preference to traditions.
The most popular male names, According to statistics for the current year, these are:
- Alexander;
- Vladimir;
- Dmitry;
- Sergey;
- Daniel;
- Artyom.
According to data for the statistical period of 2017, girls in Russia are most often called:
- Anna;
- Ekaterina;
- Maria;
- Natalia;
- Olga;
- Elena.
In the last decade, it has become very common old Russians and Slavic names . These include Svyatoslav, Yaroslav, Dragomir, Lyubomir, Lyubava, Milana and even Dobrynya. It should be noted that the law banning unusual names does not apply to such an ancient tradition in the new world. The only exception is Fun- because of its ambiguity in modern interpretation this word.
Download the text of the new law on children's names
To familiarize yourself with the new provision of the current Federal Law “On Amendments to Art. 58 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation and Article 18 of the Federal Law “On Acts of Civil Status” No. 94-FZ, the current text of the amendments can be downloaded
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Often parents want to reward their children rare name, but they don’t always succeed. Governments of many countries are trying to protect their newborn citizens from awkward situations in the future and even create lists of banned names. True, everyone’s criteria are different, and if in France you are prohibited from calling a child an offensive word, then in Saudi Arabia They won’t let you call your daughter Queen, even if the word is not at all offensive.
In many countries, the laws governing baby names are based on a simple principle: the name should not sound like a curse word or an offensive word, and should not cause problems for the child in the future. However, in some states the ban may apply to quite ordinary names if they violate cultural traditions.
In this country, names must be traditionally Portuguese, clearly denote gender, and should not resemble nicknames. To make it easier for parents to navigate the rules, a special list of allowed names has been compiled.
- Banned names: Rihanna, Nirvana, Viking, Sayonara, Jimmy.
Germany
In Switzerland, as in Germany, the name must be approved by the Citizens Registration Office. You cannot use last names, names of biblical villains, names of brands or geographical places as names. Can't be given to boys female names and vice versa. Any offensive, shocking, or laughter-inducing options are prohibited.
- Banned names: Cain, Judas, Brooklyn, Chanel, Mercedes, Paris (Paris).
United Kingdom
Names that may harm anyone, exceed 100 characters, and resemble titles or ranks are prohibited. Therefore, for example, the name is prohibited Justice: the word not only means “justice”, but also serves as an address to judges.
- Banned names: ".", Fat Man, Lucifer, Jesus Christ, From Hawaii Talulah Dances Hula, Constable, Saint, Chief Maximus, 4real, Mafia No Fear.
China
Previously, in China it was forbidden to name children after the current emperor. Today, the limitations are related to language: Chinese has 70,000 characters, but not all of them are machine readable. Accordingly, the name is selected so that it can be entered into a computer form.
Mexico
