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Has anyone named their child with an accent character like è in the US? Have you run into any issues? What your experience has been?

• bklyn11201 5y ago
  You will run into mountains of issues with USA systems if you insist on using the è. You will fill out physical paperwork at the hospital. How will it be translated by the typists and OCR? Passport matching against the airline information. Will it match? School enrollment: will all the username systems be ready for the UTF-8 character?
  • seanc 5y ago
    Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/327 https://xkcd.com/327
  • remram 5y ago
    Even big carriers with automated workflows get this wrong, e.g. put "Rémi" in your Amazon address, get a confused UPS driver looking at a "Rémi" label.
• throwawaygh 5y ago
  Most states won't even allow you to give you child a name with a diacritical mark.
• deleted 5y ago
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• rockinghigh 5y ago
  It's not allowed in most US states. If you already have a name with an accent most companies and agencies will just remove it.