Mum runs into trouble with naming her fourth child as the name choice might be ILLEGAL
A Byron Bay mother-of-four has run into a bit of trouble while naming her newborn son.
Claire Alexander-Johnston from Byron Bay is a mummy blogger known as JetSetMama and has named her three other children Atlas, Everest and Zephyr.
Following the trend, it makes sense that her fourth son would have a unique name.
She posted on Instagram and apologised to her 117K strong audience for the delay in letting them know about the name.
She wrote: "Sorry this naming business has taken so long! We had a bit of a curveball when we announced your name to our family, as someone pointed out, it's possibly illegal to name you that in Australia, as it falls loosely under the category of 'title' like 'King', 'Duke', 'Lord' or 'Captain'.
"We tried to change it. ‘Disco’ even came back into play! But nothing else felt right for you as a Libra, with a [very sensible and grounded] Capricorn moon. So Citizen you are, and always will be- a Citizen of the world."
According to legislation in Australia, there are a number of names that are considered unacceptable by Births, Deaths and Marriages.
These include swear words, unpronounceable names and names that include numbers or symbols.
Another category is names that could be considered a title, which includes “Commissioner”, “Bishop”, “Queen” or “Prime Minister”.
Claire spoke to The Daily Mail , saying that her and her partner had put names through a test before choosing it.
'When thinking about names we like, Rich and I would put it through the "can they be a rockstar or an accountant?" test. [not that I particularly want either of these professions for any of my children, but you get the drift- "an adaptable name"!],' she said.
If they pass the test, the name sticks.
Fans of Claire were thrilled, but very curious as to how it passed the BDM.
"So has it been approved by the BDM!? Such a cool name and so hope it gets approved if its not already," one woman wrote.
"Wonderful name for a beautiful boy. Very happy for you that you were allowed the name you had your heart set on," another wrote.
"Is this his registered name or was it not approved but you're calling him it anyway? Just wondering!!"