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submitted 11 months ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

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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[-] Mesophar@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

But Go back far enough, and a surname is just the given name of your father, or the town you live in, or the trade you do.

More accurate to stop using given names as surnames!

this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2024
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