Sweden Disallows Girl Named Michael

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The Swedish Tag agency formally rejected a couple’s request to name their daughter Michael, in honor of the deceased pop king.

The agency, which has the additional responsibility of approving babies’ names, stated that they felt it inappropriate to name a girl with a well-established boys name.

The couple expressed their disappointment to Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra:

It seems ridiculous and we’ve spoken with a friend in the United States who said that Michael is a unisex name.

What does everyone think, is Sweden’s system an infringement on personal freedom, or a good way to prevent naming abuse?

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C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and a reporter at large for We Interrupt and Uberreview. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside approximately two hours from Tokyo - where he has spent the better part of a decade testing his hypothesis that Japan is neither as quirky nor as interesting as others would have you believe.
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  • Bobby Dillard III
    8 May 2011 at 9:17 am
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    what a f@cking catastrophe we coulda had eh ?!

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