In New Zealand, parents have a penchant for giving bizarre names to their children - and now the government is stepping in to save those children from embarrassment. Take the recent case of “Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii,” the name of a nine-year-old girl who won the right to change it when the government made her a ward of the court. “Sex Fruit,” “Keenan Got Lucky,” “Yeah Detroit,” “Fish and Chips,” and “Stallion” are a few others that have been ordered changed and blocked from future registration.

(Source: Daily Express)

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