My friend's wife recently gave birth to their first son, and he wanted to name him Pele'. (That's not even a word.)
No kidding. Thankfully, the people who register children names operate under a certain law, one that does not allow for stupid or strange names to be given to children (most of the time, some are still completely retarded, like naming your child after a farming implement).
So, they refuse him, and he goes into frenzy mode, going around suing them and writing a complaint to everybody he thinks could do something about it.
Thankfully, he got shot down by his wife, so they named him a normal name: Hattori Hanzo.
I agree, naming your kid after any famous figure does said kid a disservice (I don't even want to know how many Ariels are running around from the early '90's when "The Little Mermaid" swept creation), but what if the person isn't famous yet? I have known a couple of Michael Jacksons, one of whom was white, named before any parent could be accused of naming them after the King of Pop.
Pertaining to your personal example, I had to Google Hattori Hanzo, but really? The gov't shot down Pele and allowed that? O_o
As a brasilian I have to tell you... that Pele is not a name, is a nickname. Dudes real name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Also @Readerbreeder, this thread is a joke based on this thread.
I thought it was hilarious.
