If you were planning on raising you kid in Malaysia I hope you weren't planning to name you kid Adolf Hitler, or Stalin, because those names have been banned. Recently Malaysia has banned a number of names due to their "unsuitable" quality.
Some of the names on the list:
Adolf Hitler
Stalin
Ah Gong (unsound mind)
Chai Too (pig)
Kai Chai(chick)
Sum Seng (gangster)
Ah Kow (dog)
Karruppan (black fellow)
Zaniah (female adulterer)
Batumalai (stone hill)
Ah Kow (dog)
In addition to that you'll no longer be allowed to name you child after Japanese car companies, or car models. No more baby Honda, Suzuki, Toyota, or Nissan.
Numbers are also out of the question. Say goodbye to 007, 001, and K7.
Why would anyone want to give their kids these names to begin with? Could you imagine going home and having to tell your parents or in-laws that you named their grandchild Adolf Hitler?
I know many girls here in the states have already decided upon about 15 baby names by the time they reach the 5th grade, but do you think Malaysian girls are the same way? Is little Zaniah sitting there in primary school dreaming of a child named "Black Fellow" or "Gangster"? I hope not.
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Its pretty funny (well on some levels) how nobody names kids Adolph. My great Aunt (this is 20+ years ago now) had a "male friend" named Adolph but he was prolly 80 at the time. Someday it will happen..hollywood super hunk Adolph _________.
My father's a lawyer and he has a client named Saddam, and I honestly cannnot not laugh whenever I encounter the man. I wonder if he ever thinks of getting an "american" name.
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