http://www.startribune.com/world/284554981.html
Reported on Wednesday the 24 of November, Kim Jong Un forbid the using of his name for anyone other than him. All who have that name will have to have their name changed and doctors have been told to reject birth registrations for babies with that name. This act was meant to strengthen a personality cult surrounding Kim. But the current dictator's name was not the only one that was banned. Kim Jong Un also banned the names of his father, Kim Jong Il and his grandfather, Kim Il Sung.
Name banning seems like something strictly out of dictatorships, like the one in North Korea, but it is also a practice done all over the world. In New Zealand you can't name your baby 'Princess' or any other name dealing with royalty. Germany has banned the use of surnames, such as Anderson and the using of objects or products as names for your kid. The name Mona Lisa is banned in Portugal along with nicknames such as Bob or Joe it must be Robert or Joseph. And in America it is illegal to name you child Messiah. As you can see it is not strictly North Korea that banns names.
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