Well, didn’t a couple try including an ”@” sign in their kid’s name? I’m pretty sure a judge made them change it. This may also have been in China, though…
“Minnesota’s Supreme Court once ruled that a man who wanted to change his name to the number “1069” could not legally do so, but suggested that “Ten Sixty-Nine” might be acceptable (Application of Dengler , 287 NW2d 637 (1979)).”
@Crunch:
it is her real name. In Chinese superstition, 8 is considered a lucky number, so her parents put it into her name. I have met her several times, and she says it’s something she is always asked about. She has many anecdotes about filling out forms and things like that. Apparently it is legal and they can’t do anything about it.
I have a friend who legally changed their last name to Superstar, and another who changed it to Magic, so I’d say anything is possible if you make a good case for it…
You know we can have names like name, Sr or Jr so think it would be a good idea to have names like Crunch the 7 or The 7th Crunch…......hmmmm something to think about
@ezraglenn, Where did you meet her? I loved the book, especially the bit about the kids in a school in rural China learning the names of the vegetables in English?
she’s come to my school a few times to talk to the editors of he newspaper as a rep. of the NYT (I was the photo editor). She is really funny and generous with her time. I have been meaning to read her book. Summer reading…