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Game of Thrones name sparks passport mix-up for family (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A woman was left "devastated" after her daughter's passport application was rejected because she was named after a Game of Thrones character.

Lucy, 39, from Swindon in Wiltshire, said the Passport Office initially refused the application for Khaleesi, six.

Officials said they were unable to issue a passport unless Warner Brothers gave permission because it owned the name's trademark. But the authority has since apologised for the error.

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It is a stupid name. Why lumber the kid with an unnecessarily daft name? It's not even easy to spell.

I've got a somewhat odd name (at least I'm not named after a character from a book), and I do wish my parents would just have gone with Tom or something.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 12 points 3 months ago

It's also not actually a name in the source material. It's like watching a story about 18th century France and naming your daughter "Dauphine", or about 1st century BC Rome and naming your son "Consul".

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

smith, cobbler, tanner. look new names exist somehow, naming people after characters in stories is as old as names.

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