What do you think about someone naming their child Lucifer? Is it right to make it illegal?

[emmily2396]

It is not a plan of mine or anything, but I think this is forbidden in some places and I wonder why. I am personally not religious, so that being the name of the devil doesn't mean much to me. I actually think it is a beautiful name. I also don't understand why a country would make it illegal. I thought religion was something personal, not something the state imposes on citizens.

Cool name, I would be totally fine with people having it

It is fine to do that, I wouldn't judge

I don't think it is right, but making it illegal is too much

It is not good to nameyour child like that and it should be illegal

Other

[0112358]

There are no rules where I live, but if we had a list, I'd include Lucifer as a name parents couldn't give children.

I'd have no issue however with someone changing their own name to Lucifer.

This is sort of similar to the fact that I believe people should be able to cover their own face in tattoos if desired, but probably not be allowed to do it to their children.

[emmily2396]

you didn't exaplain why though

[0112358]

While you may not be religious, in many places, a majority of the child's peers and classmates and teachers will be. Not everyone is as openminded as you, and the child would likely be treated differently or bullied because of it.

Whether or not the name is aesthetically pleasing doesn't matter. It doesn't offend you because you don't believe in the devil (nor do I) but also, I think, because you assume the parents are not actually theistic Satanists. So you're projecting a 'neutral' view on them.

It's similar to why IF I were going to interfere as a state I would also not allow names like "hitler' or naming a child after Charles manson or similar.

That said, i'm not sure where I stand on the state intervening in baby names at all.

[emmily2396]

then I could also name my kid 007, Ferrari and many more. Bullies can bully you for whatever they find too.

[0112358]

Yeah, places that ban names also ban all those. Brand names, etc.

I misled things a bit I suppose, where I live names cannot contain numbers or symbols other than apostrophe, so 007 wouldn't be allowed.

[Dark93]

I like how Lucifer is portrayed in the TV show. He isn't evil himself, he's just the punisher of evil, so the name Lucifer doesn't have any negative association for me. Im also not religious so there's that aspect too.

[JimRSmith]

I don't think it's fair for parents to give their kids a burdensome name like that.

If they like it, why not Lucien, instead? It doesn't come with a load of negatives attached.

[Deathraider]

I mean names are just names. I don’t know why the US has a restriction of no other characters than just the English letters. Like what if I wanted to name a kid pi with the pi letter?

[loveslongnails]

Terrible thing to do to a child, unless he's the anti-Christ.

[monkeynutts]

None of my business what people name their children, so I don't think it should be illegal.

[weirdoweirdo]

It's fine, although it's already illegal in Switzerland and New Zealand

[TallAnon]

Sounds like a pretty cool name to me. Also, where do you think the name Lucy comes from?

[pizzalovershouse]

not great first school