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In my parents' day, you had to have a Christian name, i.e. Biblical, or a saint's name, to be christened. Naming children after their parents, and grandparents etc. was also traditional. Lots of my older relatives were never known by their first names, as they weren't really the chosen names, but were deemed appropriate for various reasons.
Yep.  We all know old ladies baptised as Mary but known as Molly (for example) or Margaret known as Peggy/Meg(or other "short-for") or any other blummin' name...sometimes not even a short version and has naff all to do with the "given" name...I mean, literally nothing at all
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You're probably thinking of Sweden, where all names have to be approved.
That's the one EL.

Something that I waffled on about in my missing post was a couple in (I think?) NZ who wanted to give their kid a number or symbol? I think it was within the last few years.
Leccy
In 2007, Michael and Karolina Tomaro fought to have their daughter named "Metallica", after the metal band. Tax officials determined that the name was "inappropriate", but the GΓΆteborg County Administrative Court ruled in March 2007 there was no reason to block the name, stating that a Swedish woman already uses the middle name Metallica. Tax officials did not agree with the decision and denied the parents a passport for their daughter, but later withdrew the objection.[2][3]

*throws horn*

"off to never-never land!"
Leccy

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