One of the most exciting parts of being a new parent is handpicking a unique name that will stay with your little one for life.
However some mums and dads in New Zealand appear to have a particularly unusual taste in baby names.
According to New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs, a total off 66 potential names were rejected in 2018.
Some were regal titles and strange misspellings – while one baby narrowly avoided being named after a Roman numeral.
Three babies were almost named after Kim Kardashian’s son Saint, too.
Out of 60,000 births in New Zealand each year, only less than 1 per cent of babies needed their names to be personally assessed by a registrar-general, the New Zealand Herald reports.
The names banned in 2018 are below:
Allah
Avaya-Royal
Duke
Emperor
Emprah
Gunner
Heaven-Princezz-Star
Hunter-Rhouge
II
III
Jahstice
Judge
Jusdyce
Justus
Kiing
King
Kingdavid
Kyro-King
Lee-Royal
Majestee-Honours
Majesty
Major
Messiah
Miss
Prince
Prince-Ryder
Princess-Dixie-Rose
Prinz
Prynce
Queen
Rhoyal-Kahurangi
Rogue
Roil
Royaale
Royal
Royale
Royale-Bubz
Royality
Royalty
Royelle
Saint
Sir
Sire
Zdiam-Bishop
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