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I'm aware of some weirdness in Icelandic law governing naming: https://island.is/en/name-giving https://island.is/en/name-giving I'm also told that Polish law

by klyrs 3y ago

I'm aware of some weirdness in Icelandic law governing naming: https://island.is/en/name-giving https://island.is/en/name-giving I'm also told that Polish law has some strict limitations on baby names. My understanding of both is that they want to preserve their culture. Feels like a weird kneejerk to me, raised in a culture where it's normal to just invent new spellings for old names.

Scoundreller 3y ago
France used to have a list you would have to choose from, until 1993. Lots of other laws in different countries, but Poland not mentioned on Wikipedia’s page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_law
tivert 3y ago
> Feels like a weird kneejerk to me, raised in a culture where it's normal to just invent new spellings for old names. Let me guess, you're an American (or Canadian, etc.)? One annoying tic that Americans frequently have, when encountering a cultural difference (outside a few specific superficial areas like food), is they take the position that the American way is the right way and any other ways are less than. They frequently do this while simultaneously professing how tolerant and accepting they are of other cultures. Basically, I feel Americans really want cultural difference eliminated in favor of a bland, AirSpace [1] liberalism, except for some funny hats and exotic Instagrammable cuisine. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/3/12325104/airbnb-aesthetic-global-minimalism-startup-gentrification https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/3/12325104/airbnb-aesthetic-..., https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm-why-every-coffee-shop-looks-the-same https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-...
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- shermantanktop 3y ago
  Russians rarely smile. Except the smiliest person I know is Russian. Spanish people are loud and gregarious. Except one of the most introverted people I’ve met is from Spain. Labeling entire countries as having some annoying trait you dislike is stereotype-driven thinking.
scotty79 3y ago
> Polish law has some strict limitations on baby names It's not that strict. It's basically ensuring that if you want to give your child a name it will need to be actual human name (recognizable as a name in Poland) not something offensive or random. It's basically a law to prevent parents from harming their children by naming them something retarded they found fashionable at the time. It's enough that you burdened your child with life. Further harming it with a weird "name", the Polish law considers a bit much. You can download a list of names of living Polish people who have national id number assigned (everybody?) here: https://dane.gov.pl/pl/dataset/1667,lista-imion-wystepujacych-w-rejestrze-pesel-osoby-zyjace https://dane.gov.pl/pl/dataset/1667,lista-imion-wystepujacyc... It doesn't contain names that only a single citizen has.

by klyrs 3y ago

Scoundreller 3y ago

France used to have a list you would have to choose from, until 1993. Lots of other laws in different countries, but Poland not mentioned on Wikipedia’s page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_law

tivert 3y ago

> Feels like a weird kneejerk to me, raised in a culture where it's normal to just invent new spellings for old names. Let me guess, you're an American (or Canadian, etc.)? One annoying tic that Americans frequently have, when encountering a cultural difference (outside a few specific superficial areas like food), is they take the position that the American way is the right way and any other ways are less than. They frequently do this while simultaneously professing how tolerant and accepting they are of other cultures. Basically, I feel Americans really want cultural difference eliminated in favor of a bland, AirSpace [1] liberalism, except for some funny hats and exotic Instagrammable cuisine. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/3/12325104/airbnb-aesthetic-global-minimalism-startup-gentrification https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/3/12325104/airbnb-aesthetic-..., https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm-why-every-coffee-shop-looks-the-same https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-...

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shermantanktop 3y ago
Russians rarely smile. Except the smiliest person I know is Russian. Spanish people are loud and gregarious. Except one of the most introverted people I’ve met is from Spain. Labeling entire countries as having some annoying trait you dislike is stereotype-driven thinking.

scotty79 3y ago

> Polish law has some strict limitations on baby names It's not that strict. It's basically ensuring that if you want to give your child a name it will need to be actual human name (recognizable as a name in Poland) not something offensive or random. It's basically a law to prevent parents from harming their children by naming them something retarded they found fashionable at the time. It's enough that you burdened your child with life. Further harming it with a weird "name", the Polish law considers a bit much. You can download a list of names of living Polish people who have national id number assigned (everybody?) here: https://dane.gov.pl/pl/dataset/1667,lista-imion-wystepujacych-w-rejestrze-pesel-osoby-zyjace https://dane.gov.pl/pl/dataset/1667,lista-imion-wystepujacyc... It doesn't contain names that only a single citizen has.