What's in a name?

In this day and age, it's not surprising for parents, with celebrities leading the pack, to try their creativity when it comes down to naming their kids ...Tiger Lily Heavenly Hiraani...Moxie CrimeFighter...Tabooger....Moon Unit..Pilot Inspektor...Tu Morrow..just to name a few. Gone were the days of simple names such as Michael, Tom, Elizabeth, Anne etc.

Everyone wants to be unique, or so they claim.

Until one 'Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii' came along who thought otherwise. Yes, that is, or rather was her name.

..from yahoo news

"WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.

Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.

Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said.

The new name was not made public to protect the girl's privacy.

"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child's parents have shown in choosing this name," he wrote. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."

The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her "K" instead, the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.

In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.

Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said."

Poor girl. I can understand the trauma she must have gone through! By the way, Moxie CrimeFighter is the actual name of Penn Jillette's daughter (one half of the infamous magician duo Penn and Teller)...so do her parents call her "Moxie" or "Mo" or "M" or "Moxie Moxie Foofighter"?