Was originally doing some research to make sure Australian bureaucrats can handle names with hyphens in them, and found this. Good thing we don’t live in Queensland, so we can still name our baby “Down With Capitalism”!
![Restrictions on Baby Names: To protect children against careless and harmful names, the government had set out rules in registering baby names in Australia. The rules state that a child’s name must: not be obscene or offensive or contrary to public interest; (no racial slurs or infringements on the rights of another; be short and easy to write (In NSW, under 50 characters); not include symbols without phonetic significance such as N@talie, Da!sy, J#ke) or use numerals; not include or resemble an official title or military rank recognised in Australia such as King, Lady, Father, Prince, Sir or Admiral. This was after a law was passed sometime in 1995 prohibiting the use of titles as part of the baby’s given name. use English letters only; not be similar to a recognised body, organisation or trademark; and In Queensland, the name can’t include a statement, like Save Mother Earth or Down with Capitalism.](https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jayeless.net%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F07%2Fnaming-rules.png)
Was originally doing some research to make sure Australian bureaucrats can handle names with hyphens in them, and found this. Good thing we don’t live in Queensland, so we can still name our baby “Down With Capitalism”!
@jayeless People would probably just call your child DW, or D for short. Cap is also a nice nickname.
@jean Oh yeah, DW like in Arthur! That's nice. And actually, I went to high school with a guy named Captain (even though military titles are supposedly banned as names – I guess he was born pre-1995, and also outside Australia...), so "Cap" sounds somewhat familiar.
@tracydurnell @jayeless In D.R.I.’s song, it sounds like they are singing “Capsa, capsa!” Maybe that could be something?
@val It has such a nice ring to it 😂
@tracydurnell See, and that's a lovely nickname, too! 😂
@odd Actually, I think those names would be allowed, haha
@jayeless I was thinking of the statement the initials would make, especially if adding an exclamation mark. 😉