[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Popular and Unpopular Names

[Przemyslaw Plaskowicki]

Melanie Black wrote (2003-07-31 04:25):

>When I was really little I accused my mom of
>completely making up the name....
>  
>
You Americans are so lucky if you can completely make children's name. ;-)

In Poland, child's name must not be made up; there is in fact a list of 
permissible names (so no names like: Sunshine or Bill (since William is 
correct) are not permitted.) Also law states: "Child's sex must be 
distingushible from name", so _all_ female names (with one exception: 
Mercedes) are ending with letter 'a' (pronounced as in word 'as').


Regards

-- 
Pshemekan