13 baby names that have been banned around the world

Well, sort of. For better or worse, the USA is very, very lenient when it comes to baby names – unlike many other nations. Baby-naming regulations vary by state. Some states (yes, only some) forbid using obscenities. Other states ban the use of numerals in baby names. Kentucky, meanwhile, has no regulations whatsoever. One particularly controversial baby-naming case occurred in 2013, when a Tennessee judge ruled that a couple couldn’t name their baby Messiah, saying that that name should belong to Christ alone. But the ruling was overturned. There are no official laws banning religiously affiliated names, and a chancery court determined that the judge couldn’t make decisions based on religious biases.