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> I can't imagine having a type for a persons name that holds checks anything but perhaps a strings length, certainly not a list of all possible names. As alwa
by masklinn 4y ago
> I can't imagine having a type for a persons name that holds checks anything but perhaps a strings length, certainly not a list of all possible names.
As always, that is very domain-specific: there are lots of countries with naming laws, some of which do have lists of legal names.
- blep_ 4y agoLegitimate question: what do they do about immigration into those countries from countries without such laws?
- masklinn 4y agoLikely nothing: usually they’re laws which apply to parents / birth certificates. I guess it’s possible that an immigrant trying to get naturalised would have to adopt a “legal” name for the country, but I’m not aware of any country where that’s a rule, aside from the Zairianisation movement of Mobutu.