Authorities forbid parents from naming child ‘WikiLeaks’

WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangePhoto: Reuters

A German couple who wanted to name their baby boy WikiLeaks in honor of the whistle-blowing website were turned down by local officials who said the bizarre moniker could endanger the childs welfare.

Hajar Hamalaw, 28, an Iraqi national now living in Bavaria, said he is a huge fan of the site.

The WikiLeak revelations caused a great stir worldwide. Especially the ones about Iraq, where we come from, he told Passauer Neue Presse, a local newspaper.

But when he tried to register the name with Bavarian officials, they just said nein.

The registrar said that this was not a first name. He thought it was a series or TV show, Hamalaw griped.

A spokesman for the town of Passau where Hamalaw works as a journalist said legal rulings mandate that a childs name should not be granted if it could endanger the babys welfare.

Hamalaw eventually named his son Dako.

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Authorities forbid parents from naming child ‘WikiLeaks’