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in reply to a message by LuzDeTuVida
they aren't very strict when it comes to following these laws, not in most cases anyway. I've met two German girls named Lilith (which would be an evil name) and Salomé. To be considered "evil" it would have to be something really bad like Hitler.
To be considered surnamey it would have to be something like Schmidt or Müller, something like Jackson or Mason would work, I guess. Please note that we generally don't use surnames as first names in Germany. It's very odd to us. Same with occupation names (unless they are English ones like Mason).
Names like Sundance are indeed considered very silly in Germany. We aren't used to them and nobody would want to use them. There's a German actress named Wolke (German word for cloud) and the name does sound silly to me. An English word name would definitely be allowed, I've met a Summer and a Johanna Tiger (this happens to mean the same in German).
You are allowed to use a unisex name, you just need to use a feminine/masculine middle name. So you could have a Kai Isabella Johansson but not a Kai Taylor Johansson. If you loved two unisex names I guess you can use them but need to use two middle names as in Kai Taylor Isabella Johansson or something like that.
Usually, when someone forbids you to use the name you get to use it when you go to court. Unless it's something really bad. That's what happened when someone wanted to give her daughter the middle name Tiger some time ago. Since then I've met one more girl with that middle name (Johanna Tiger) and it is now allowed to use.
Most of the time you just have to prove that the name has been used before as a given name and you can use it.
To be considered surnamey it would have to be something like Schmidt or Müller, something like Jackson or Mason would work, I guess. Please note that we generally don't use surnames as first names in Germany. It's very odd to us. Same with occupation names (unless they are English ones like Mason).
Names like Sundance are indeed considered very silly in Germany. We aren't used to them and nobody would want to use them. There's a German actress named Wolke (German word for cloud) and the name does sound silly to me. An English word name would definitely be allowed, I've met a Summer and a Johanna Tiger (this happens to mean the same in German).
You are allowed to use a unisex name, you just need to use a feminine/masculine middle name. So you could have a Kai Isabella Johansson but not a Kai Taylor Johansson. If you loved two unisex names I guess you can use them but need to use two middle names as in Kai Taylor Isabella Johansson or something like that.
Usually, when someone forbids you to use the name you get to use it when you go to court. Unless it's something really bad. That's what happened when someone wanted to give her daughter the middle name Tiger some time ago. Since then I've met one more girl with that middle name (Johanna Tiger) and it is now allowed to use.
Most of the time you just have to prove that the name has been used before as a given name and you can use it.
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