[PrimeMcFly]

Having a list of approved names is too draconian IMO.

Australia seems to have a good policy where any name is allowed, as long as it isn't offensive or too silly.

Musk's children's name would be fine, for example, while calling a kid Hitler would not be.

[fodkodrasz]

I can accept this, but who decides what is too silly? Like here it is already clear from the allowed names list (reviewed, extended every year actually, and contains some quite silly entries already in my opinion.)

Also we have the idea of "nameday" which is minor occasion for celebration and giving small gifts every year, based on the person's given name, and the calendar contains the mapping between names and dates, one without an official name would be in trouble getting that free a bottle of wine :D

[PrimeMcFly]

Well, it's not so much about 'silly', silly is fine, Musk's names would be silly, it's more about ensuring the kid won't have a guaranteed bad start to life with a crappy name like "hatesjews". On the other hand if you call a kid 'boggle', they might get teased, but might own it and be super cool and love it.

IMO only the names that would be damaging beyond a reasonable doubt should be prohibited.

Also, the nameday idea sounds cool :)