Cildren's name can be a form of abuse

Interesting question. I think parents think they're being unique when they name their children "unusual" names. I personally would never name my child "Senility" or anything else unusual as I personally think these children will go through life with a very skewed sense of self, trying to understand why their parents named them what they did.

Hello,

I have to admit that some names are worse than others. I don't have a problem with special names but I have a problem with names that cause children to be ridiculed. This, to me, seems like the real problem, though I don't know if I would call it abuse. 

The only solution for these kids is to change their name once they can legally. 

I think giving a child a name that will cause riducule can make that child tuff, like the johhny cash song a boy named sue says, also it makes them feel different which can be a good thing if you don't want your children to be conformist, who feel thay have to fit in no matter the cost. In theory if i had a kid named senility and some other kid doesn't want to be my kids friend because of her name well then good because that's not the kind of person that i want to be my kids friend anyway. Also parents are allowed to name there children whatever they want and the children have to respect that, respect for ones parents is something that is lacking in many modern american families. Last but not least ofcourse it's not abuse that's just stupid.

Actually, parents cannot name their children whatever they want, at least not in Italy. In December 2007, an Italian court decided that a couple who named their child Friday had to change the name to something less “ridiculous or shameful.” When the couple refused, the court legally registered their son as Gregory.

Apparently there’s something in the administrative code that prohibits parents from aforementioned “ridiculous or shameful” names. The tribunal said it was protecting the child from being the butt of jokes and added that it believed the name would hinder him from developing 'serene interpersonal relationships.'

That's a shame. Too bad for italy that they are still a little fasciest after all these years, it makes me very happy that i live in a free country where where what i choose to name my child is nobody's buissness but mine and my wife. For the record i think senilty is an aweful thing to name a child, but friday is kind of cool, and after the courts made me change all the paperwork i would still call the kid friday all i want and it would still be his name, unless itally is also lacking in freedom of speech. God bless america!!!

my name is unique and i used to be called phone book... my middle name is paige but boys at my school called me a phone book for 5 years kindergarden through 4th gradei learned to ignore it... so unique names arent a formhey dont  of abuse twant their kids to be like everyone else and if the parent(s) time take the time the to explain that then the other kids can with unique names can learn that their names are different because their parents love them enough to make them differemnt from anyonther kid around them =D