“I’m Scared To Tell My American Friends”: 11 Things That Are Normal In Denmark But Not In America

My mother is in her 50s back when you guys were young pedophiles weren't as well known about and over in other countries aren't as big of an issue. The internet hasn't destroyed communities it's just made news and statistics more readily available. That leads to people knowing the actual risk of pedophiles as well as being able to check just how many convicted pedophiles are around their community. That doesn't even cover the ones that haven't been caught.

...and in Norway. A lot of these posts apply to all the nordic countries.

No, you can give traditional names from other cultures. They have a lot of Srilankan Tamils here and they have Tamil names. You just can't name your kid XYZ or something like that.

In my country - if you can prove that it's an actual name somewhere, then it gets approved and you're good to go. So people from Sri Lanka would have no issues. It's just to prevent the Apples, Norths or worse.

It isn't racist. Ethnical names from other cultures are allowed. It is just to avoid stupid names that will make the child a centre of bullying or worse names of infamous world leaders like Hitler...

Foreign names are more than often ok, it's names like (for an far out example) X Æ A-12 that's not allowed in Denmark..

In Denmark this approval is very easy to get. We gave our Danish-Mongolian kids a Mongolian middle names from my wifes family. Since we named our kids after family approval was a formality more than anything.

While I don't agree that the government should dictate names, I understand why they would want to and it does not have anything to do with racism. Why is everything have to be about race? How about seeing it for what it is, no weird names like in the U.S. You are just assuming the names you stated are not approved.

You must conform to the country, not the other way around. It is not America, and to be fair, the logic cuts both ways.

Here in Portugal, if you can prove that it's a cultural name for your family, it gets approved even if it's not on the list.

No, they would just be subject to approval, first.

It's about children's rights, the right not to be named Onion Juice or Hitler. Getting a non-standard name approved is pretty easy, as long as it's not too offensive or ridiculous. At least this is the case in Finland.

Only actually harmful or super stupid names are banned. Like you can't give your kid a name like...Hitler. Or Stalin. Or Spatula. It's really done to protect the children.

It's not about taking away liberties, it's about establishing a balance between parent's right to name their children, and the children's right to not be named Neapolitan Icecream, because mum was craving it during pregnancy, or some overwrought spelling of a perfectly regular name because daddy must prove to the world what a clever boy he is.

I agree. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean you should have the power to stop other people. So many things are done differently for whatever reason. No one should be allowed to take that right from someone based only on not liking it or understanding it.

Well, some Americans have only 2 brain cells

Oh really how would you feel if YOUR name is banned?!

Ayo chill

I apologize on behalf of my country, lol. I gave my kids names from my Polish/Italian culture and Americans think I made them up, lol

Says Moxxie....

I wouldn't call 400 out of around 300 million common in any way

True, but... Children are Human Beings, not accessories.. Treat them likewise!

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