Swedish couple fights for right to name their baby girl Metallica
Published: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 | 2:00 PM ET
Canadian Press
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Metallica may work as a name for a heavy metal band, but a Swedish couple is struggling to convince authorities it's also suitable for a baby girl.
Sweden's tax agency rejected Michael and Karolina Tomaro's application to name their six-month-old daughter after the legendary rock band. "It suits her," Karolina Tomaro, 27, said Tuesday of the name. "She's decisive and she knows what she wants."
Although little Metallica has already been baptized, the Swedish National Tax Board refused to register the name, saying it was associated with both the rock group and the word "metal."
In Sweden, parents must get the names of their children approved by the tax authority, which is in charge of the population registry and issues personal identification numbers.
Tomaro, who has appealed the decision, said the official handling the case also called the name "ugly."
The couple was backed by the County Administrative Court in Goteborg, which ruled on March 13 that there was no reason to block the name. It also noted that there already is a woman in Sweden with Metallica as a middle name.
The tax agency appealed to a higher court, frustrating the family's foreign travel plans.
"We've had to cancel trips and can't get anywhere because we can't get her a passport without an approved name," Tomaro said.
this wasn't mentioned but the band owns the name. the band has successfully sued others for copyright infringement and i wouldn't stop there. no one has the right to use the name without the bands permission.
I once read a birth announcement for a Heaven Lea :eek:, jebus that is probably worse than Metallica. Seriously some people just give their children shitty names. That said I feel conflicted as it should be the parents' choice and the state really shouldn't have to step in to tell you what you can and cannot call your child but in this case I have to almost agree with the state. It just seems like common sense(not to mention good taste) not to give your child a fucked up name... I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this I mean people actually buy Danielle Steel books and enjoy them so how much common sense and good taste is really out there?
Neither did Eddie Vedder right? I mean eventually but you know what I mean. One cannot always equate intelligence with education. Or for that matter wisdom and intelligence. Just my two coppers
and for the hot women with really dumb husbands, we can cut "deals" that allow them to defy the odds and somehow magically give birth to genius children.
hehe!! I can almost picture you rubbing your hands together ss!!!
If the kid doesn't like it they can change it later.
I mean hell, half of us didn't ask to be here! Are we gonna start suing parents retrospectively for our very existence?
And as there's no way parents can protect their kids against all possibilities when it comes to schoolyard taunts they may as well go ahead and call a kid what they want. I'm sure that if bullies couldn't work with your name, they'd find something else to use against you.
there is a lady in the town where my parents live who thought that the hospital had already named her newborn baby girl. she saw that her baby had a wristband on that said "female" (for the baby's sex)...the mother mistook that as the hospital going ahead and naming her child. the mom stuck w/ that..and the child's name is "female"...pronounced like "tamale" (the mexican food dish) !!! poor kid has to at least be in middle school at this point...this is totally why i only go back to visit when i absolutely have to.
yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
I'd really love to meet the other half!
On subject, don't you think it can be extremely damaging to call your kid, "Penis"? I know there are a lot of ways to fuck a kid up but this one is kind of straightforward.
I'd really love to meet the other half!
On subject, don't you think it can be extremely damaging to call your kid, "Penis"? I know there are a lot of ways to fuck a kid up but this one is kind of straightforward.
What's wrong with me? Whadda ya need to meet the others for?
Look, I'm quite sure that being named penis would be very distressing for a kid.
But as I said before, kids will find a way to bully and torment regardless.
You can't name a kid purely hoping to save them torment. We can't predict the future.
I actually spent some time being called Penis myself as a kid. Because somehow kids found a way to rhyme my name to it.
It sucked, (:D perhaps poor word choice) but you get over it and move on.
My point is, the state should have nothing to do with naming kids.
Or any other decision like it. It's not their business.
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this wasn't mentioned but the band owns the name. the band has successfully sued others for copyright infringement and i wouldn't stop there. no one has the right to use the name without the bands permission.
i didn't finish high school.
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Neither did Eddie Vedder right? I mean eventually but you know what I mean. One cannot always equate intelligence with education. Or for that matter wisdom and intelligence. Just my two coppers
I didn't finish high school.
You think I should be neutered?
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Oh my!!! JINX!!!!
Again!!
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This is not something for the state to decide.
You birth it, you name it.
If the kid doesn't like it they can change it later.
I mean hell, half of us didn't ask to be here! Are we gonna start suing parents retrospectively for our very existence?
And as there's no way parents can protect their kids against all possibilities when it comes to schoolyard taunts they may as well go ahead and call a kid what they want. I'm sure that if bullies couldn't work with your name, they'd find something else to use against you.
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On subject, don't you think it can be extremely damaging to call your kid, "Penis"? I know there are a lot of ways to fuck a kid up but this one is kind of straightforward.
What's wrong with me?
Look, I'm quite sure that being named penis would be very distressing for a kid.
But as I said before, kids will find a way to bully and torment regardless.
You can't name a kid purely hoping to save them torment. We can't predict the future.
I actually spent some time being called Penis myself as a kid. Because somehow kids found a way to rhyme my name to it.
It sucked, (:D perhaps poor word choice) but you get over it and move on.
My point is, the state should have nothing to do with naming kids.
Or any other decision like it. It's not their business.
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They must have been Jeaniuses.
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hehe!
But it did go something like "genus rhymes with penis."
Aaah kids!!! Sooo inventive!!!
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