What's in a name?

Some think a lot.  Some countries even go so far as to limit the names you can give to your children. 

For example, in Iceland you must select from the Personal Names Register or apply to a special committee that has the power to say yea or nay.  The names on the register fit Icelandic grammar and pronunciation rules and that officials maintain will protect children from embarrassment.  Denmark also has an approved list of names.

Swedish children's names must meet with the approval of the country's tax authorities. German children "must be given names that clearly denote gender and they cannot be given family names as first names" and there are complicated restrictions on combining last names with hyphens.  China does not allow names using Arabic numerals, foreign languages and symbols that do not belong to Chinese minority languages,