Interesting that I just read this http://www.thelocal.fr/20161118/france-moves-to-stop-baby-getting-terrorists-nameshortly after reading your article on Prénoms francaise. En 2016, le champ serait enlargir pour incluire les prelims de les terroristes?
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"Les noms de marques (Nutella, Mercedes,... ) sont refusés".
Mais Mercedes est un nom féminine que s'utilise dans des pays où l'on parle l'espagnol !
("las mercedes" signifie "les miséricordes")
Si les noms Mireille où Lourdes devient des marques, est-ce que cette loi les va à refuser ?
Thanks for this informative article. I would never have known that the post-revolutionary government felt that regulation of first names was necessary. But after reading and hearing some of the most strange and unique names here in the US, I sometimes wonder if we should have done that. But then I tell myself 'Not'!