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by serverhorror 4882 days ago
I live in a country -- not Sweden -- with a "book of valid names".

What most people miss is that the list IS NOT AUTHORITATIVE.

Once you move outside the "comfort zone" (lacking better words) of this list the only thing that happens is that you have to reasonably explain the name to authorities.

This can be as simple as showing that the name was already used in another country (say the USA). This only leads to people thinking harder about naming their child "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclll mmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116"[1]

[1]: http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/swedish-couple-fined.html