http://news.yahoo.com/tenn-judge-changes-infants-name-messiah-215423538.html
I can see the point in thinking such a name would probably cause problems to the child, not set it apart in any beneficial way.
Messiah is indeed a very specific title, given it means the one who intervenes on account of someone (man/mankind) towards someone else (god).
I am sure there have been other weird names for babies, i heard of some of them (North West?), but this was a bad choice too and i hope the baby keeps a normal name.
You can discuss, if you feel like it, the issue of unusual baby names, if they are detrimental or not, and so on.
yahoo hosted article said:NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) — A judge in Tennessee changed a 7-month-old boy's name to Martin from Messiah, saying the religious name was earned by one person and "that one person is Jesus Christ."
Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew ordered the name change last week, according to WBIR-TV (http://on.wbir.com/1cDOeTY). The boy's parents were in court because they could not agree on the child's last name, but when the judge heard the boy's first name, she ordered it changed, too.
"It could put him at odds with a lot of people and at this point he has had no choice in what his name is," Ballew said.
The boy's mother, Jaleesa Martin, of Newport, said she will appeal. She says Messiah is unique and she liked how it sounded alongside the boy's two siblings — Micah and Mason.
"Everybody believes what they want so I think I should be able to name my child what I want to name him, not someone else," Martin said.
I can see the point in thinking such a name would probably cause problems to the child, not set it apart in any beneficial way.
Messiah is indeed a very specific title, given it means the one who intervenes on account of someone (man/mankind) towards someone else (god).
I am sure there have been other weird names for babies, i heard of some of them (North West?), but this was a bad choice too and i hope the baby keeps a normal name.
You can discuss, if you feel like it, the issue of unusual baby names, if they are detrimental or not, and so on.