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Malaysia draws up list of unsuitable
names for children
Mon Jul 31, 1:29 AM ET
Malaysian parents will no longer be allowed to give their children
names deemed unsuitable by authorities, a report says.
According to the New Straits Times, the National Registration
Department will not allow names with undesirable meanings in the
languages used by the country's three main ethnic groups.
Malaysia's population of 26 million is dominated by some 60 percent
Malays, 26 percent Chinese and eight percent Indians.
Department spokesperson Jainisah Mohd Noor was quoted by the
newspaper as saying the list was compiled following input from
various religious and cultural groups.
"We are just helping to disseminate the information we have,"
Jainisah was quoted as saying in the report.
Among the Malays, names such as Zani -- which means male adulterer,
and Woti -- sexual intercourse, were banned, the report said.
For Indians, Karrupan, which means black fellow, is equally as
taboo as are names which denote "fair skin," such as Sivappi and
Vellayan, it said.
Jainisah said parents could not name their babies after colours,
animals, insects, fruits or vegetables.
In the past, some in the Chinese community gave their children
inauspicious names believing it would ward off evil spirits and bad
luck.
Now, names such as Ah Kow -- dog in the Cantonese dialect, or Ah
Gong -- unsound mind, are prohibited. Other Chinese names on the
banned list included Chow Tow and Sum Seng which mean smelly head
and gangster respectively.
Parents who insisted on bestowing names on the list could appeal to
the department, Jainisah said.
"We can only advise them, but if they are insistent even after
knowing they are unsuitable, they may be allowed to use them," she
said.
(source:
Yahoo News
