Venezuela backs off ban on weird kids' names

Venezuelan officials withdrew a proposal to bar parents from giving their children odd names like Edigaith, Mileidy or Superman, the state-run news agency reported yesterday.
The National Electoral Council had proposed banning “names that expose (children) to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce” or raise doubts about whether a child is a girl or a boy.
The council also proposed to draw up a list of traditional names for parents to use “as a reference” when registering their children.

- Chuck Shepherd, News of the Weird