Putin banned Russians from calling children swear words and numbers
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law prohibiting the use of numbers, swear words, punctuation marks and positions when registering a child's name.
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The website of the Russian president reports this.
The law, previously adopted by the State Duma and approved by the Federation Council, introduces a provision into the Family Code that when choosing a name for a child, the use of numbers, alphanumeric designations, symbols and non-letter characters (with the exception of a hyphen), as well as swear words, is not allowed. , indications of ranks, positions or titles.
In the Law “On Acts of Civil Status”, legislators established a ban on the registration of such names. The child's name will be recorded by agreement of the parents.
In addition, the law establishes that the child's surname is determined by the surname of the parents. By their agreement, the child can receive the surname of the father, mother, or a double surname formed from words connected by a hyphen.
Previously, parents had no restrictions when choosing a child’s name, and the registry office could not refuse their registration. In the early 2000s, the story of a boy whose parents wanted to name BOCh rVF 260602 (Biological object of a person of the Voronin-Frolov family, born on June 26, 2002) received great resonance. The explanatory note to the bill noted that the boy still lives without documents.
Russians often give their children unusual names: only in Moscow are registered boys Nikolai-Nikita-Nil, Christamrirados, Dolphin, Yaroslav-Lyutobor, Luka-Happiness Summerset Ocean and girls April, Polina-Polina, Princess Daniella, Zarya-Zaryanitsa, Alyosha-Kaprina, Oceana, Sofia-Solnyshko.
Putin Bans Russians from Calling Children by Swear Words and Numbers