Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a baby..

[Sam Fisher]

It's for reals

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a baby..


WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman -- but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.
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Pat and Sheena Wheaton say they will get around the decision by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages by officially naming their son Superman but referring to him as 4Real, the New Zealand Herald newspaper has reported.
The Wheatons decided on the name after seeing the baby for the first time in an ultrasound scan and realizing their baby was "for real."
They decided 4Real was the best way to write it, but the name was rejected because the registrar said a name had to be a sequence of characters.
Pat Wheaton said he was considering appealing against the decision through the courts, but whatever happens he won't be budged on his choice.
"No matter what its going to stay 4Real," Wheaton told the Herald, "I'm certainly not a quitter."
A spokesman for the Department of Internal Affairs, which operates the registry told the Herald discussions with the Wheatons about their son's name were continuing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070808/od_nm/newzealand_name_odd_dc;_ylt=Aiswy2pikbKaqW__Bb0CNQqs0NUE

Wow, that's kid's gonna get beat up alot.

 

[Immortalfire]

My god, they really do hate him.

 

[CristoTheSecond]

For real?

 

[Abaddon]

They could've just gone with "Fourreal" or some variation.

 

[Immortalfire]

Name: 4real
Meaning: "Like, no way! Yes way!"

 

[Kritish]

It's a shame that America doesn't have name rules like Sweden and New Zealand.

 

[Orko Is King]

Might as well call the kid "Botched Abortion" if they really hate him that much.

 

[Orko Is King]

Might as well call the kid "Botched Abortion" if they really hate him that much.

 

[Enriquespy]

They could have call the kid O'rly Ya'rly. that would be still in with the meaning and have no numbers.

 

[Warhammer]

12 years from now...

*Bully punches kid*
"So you're Superman, eh? I'm going to break you in two."

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He'd never be able to live that down, and in every fight he gets into to, there will be countless Superman references, like:

"You're the Man of Steel, huh?," "I'm going to send your ass back to Krypton," "Get ready to feel some kryptonite, b!tch," "Boyscouts need to get their asses beaten," "I'm going to beat an S on your chest," and so on.

 

[Hotwire]

Luckily they have to get a baby's name approved by the government. Maybe we should try that here in the U.S.? Then I wouldn't keep meeting kids name Reality, and other stupid stuff.

 

[AndThePickles]

Wowza

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

Wowza

thats your kids name?

 

[Sam Fisher]

My kid's name is Spankers.

 

[Downhere]

Wow, what a way to torture the kid...geesh.

 

[Moviefan2k4]

Reminds me of when Nicolas Cage named his son Kal-El. Being a fan of comics is one thing, but naming your children after them?!

 

[Boom]

Once again.

License required to have a child.

 

[imdaly]

lol this is ridiculous.


Though I DO want to name my first son Parker Reilly. But at least that's a real name, and doesn't SCREAM "Spider-Man".

Plus, I think it sounds cool.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Well, better then 4Real, at least.

 

[Leto Atrides]

Normally I think it's bull**** when governments reserve approval rights on children's names, but I've got to side with them on this one.

 

[onejeremytogo]

Lmao

 

[04nbod]

lol this is ridiculous.


Though I DO want to name my first son Parker Reilly. But at least that's a real name, and doesn't SCREAM "Spider-Man".

Plus, I think it sounds cool.

If i ever have a girl i want to name her after a superhero. I'm thinking Diana, Kara, Anna Marie you know real names that characters happen to have. Its family tradition to have girls with the middle name jean in our family so thats one as well. Its a nice thought that won't result in your kid being smacked in school I also have a soft spot for Wendy from Peter Pan

 

[Immortalfire]

They could have call the kid O'rly Ya'rly. that would be still in with the meaning and have no numbers.

My future son.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

I'm naming my next kid "Teh Pwned"

 

[Karem-Knight]

What's wrong with "Accident?"