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Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It's a Baby

Posted: 2007-08-09 19:04:45
Filed Under: Weird News
WELLINGTON (Aug. 8) - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman -- but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.

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Earlier this year, New Zealand blocked a couple's bid to officially name their infant son 4Real, saying numerals are not allowed in names. His parents plan to name him Superman instead.

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Pat and Sheena Wheaton say they will get around the decision by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages by officially naming their son Superman but referring to him as 4Real, the New Zealand Herald newspaper has reported.

The Wheatons decided on the name after seeing the baby for the first time in an ultrasound scan and realizing their baby was "for real."

They decided 4Real was the best way to write it, but the name was rejected because the registrar said a name had to be a sequence of characters.

Pat Wheaton said he was considering appealing the decision through the courts, but whatever happens he won't be budged on his choice.

"No matter what, it's going to stay 4Real," Wheaton told the Herald, "I'm certainly not a quitter."

A spokesman for the Department of Internal Affairs, which operates the registry, told the Herald discussions with the Wheatons about their son's name were continuing.

The baby is now 2 months old. The Wheatons first applied to register his name in June.

2007-08-08 15:34:44
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robinlarocca 07:52:50 AM Sep 22 2007

as parents you can name the kid whatever you want, or at least you should be able to. unfortunatly many parents can be idiots. and these parents are the idiots

FairyPrncessUWnt 02:24:00 AM Sep 15 2007

can we say that child is going to b made fun of or what....but it can't b as bad as some of the names in america.... i mean there was a little boy who is in i believe the 3rd grade now ahd his name is Shi Thead what does that spell ppl it spells ******** come on ppl we can really see what ppl think of there child... i also kno a little girl named Americus United...talk about patriotism....and my g-ma's name is Shirby she also has a friend name Hortence...also i have a friend who is going to name her child Braxton after the contractions so yea ppl come up with the most retarded names ever i mean really.... idk y but ppl sometimes just don't think b4 they do things i have a feeling they just want there children to b mad fun of like the johnny cash song a boy named sue he named his son that just so he would learn to fight and stand up for him self so yea let name there child superman if they want but i can garuntee (didn't spell it right i kno and i don't care) u he will b able to stop a

dnalliso 04:05:02 PM Sep 03 2007

I seriously do not understand what goes through people's heads when they come up with this crap. They don't even try to be subtle with these names (maybe they could've fudged it and gotten away with Foreal or something?). Sure, the parent(s) can name their children whatever they want, but it seems so many parents now will do whatever the hell pleases or amuses THEM with no consideration for how their kid is going to have to deal with their name being a joke for their entire lives.

And what about the confusion if someone is discussing the DC superhero? ;p

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