-
Mohammed is now the most common boys name
in Britain after a huge surge in
popularity last year.
在去年一波大
幅度上涨的流行趋势下，穆罕默德如今是全英最常见的男孩儿名了。
Annual data on the UK’s top
baby names saw the Islamic
name shoot
up 27 places
to knock Oliver in to
second place while Sophia took top spot for girls.
全英婴儿取名排名年度数据显示，这个伊斯兰名字上升了
27<
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个排名独占鳌头，把奥利
弗挤到了第二，而索菲亚是女孩儿名里的
排行第一。
While these names are
the most popular, there are plenty of names that
AREN'T
allowed in the UK.
虽然这些名字是最受欢迎的，在英国还有很多不能取的名字。
The UK deed poll service has quite a
few restrictions on name changes. You need to
have both a first and last name, and it
cannot be vulgar, promote racial or religious
hate, or the use of controlled drugs. <
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英国签订了一系列契约规定了取名上的一些限制。你必须要有名和姓，不能过于粗俗，
体现种族或者宗教仇恨，亦或是管制药品的使用。
A name cannot ridicule people or
government departments - so no calling your son
'David Cameron Uses Internet Explorer'.
姓名中不能嘲笑人民或者政府部门——所以不要给你的儿子取名“戴维·卡梅伦·使
用·因特网”。
Here are 17
other names banned around the world...
这里还有
17
个全世界禁止取的名字……
1. Tom
汤姆
Portuguese authorities ban
nicknames from birth certificates. Tomás would be
ok,
but no Tom's allowed.
葡萄
牙当局禁止出生证明上写昵称。“托马斯”这样是可以的，但是“汤姆”就不行。
2. Elaine
伊莱恩
Earlier this year, Saudi
Arabia released a list of names that were banned
including
western names and names with
royal connotations like Prince.
今年的早些时候
，沙特阿拉伯公布了一串禁止取的名字目录，包括了西方的名字，还
有带有皇室含义的名
字，比如“王子”。
3. Facebook
非死不可
After years of parents giving their
children silly names the Mexican state of Sonora
released a list of of names that were
banned for being
discriminatory or
lacking in meaning
经过了这些年父母给孩子取了不少蠢名字，墨西
哥索诺拉州发布了一张取名名单，禁
止取名“贬义的、轻蔑的、有歧视的或贫穷的含义”
。
4. @
艾特
A
Chinese couple tried to name their child Wang @.
The sybmol in Chinese is
pronounced
爱他
, literally
一对中
国夫妇试图给他们的孩子取名“王
@
”。这个符号在中国发音“
ai-ta
（爱
他）”，字面上就是“
爱他”的意思。
5. Robocop
机械战警
Any big Robocop fans should steer clear
of Sonoro, Mexico.
墨西哥索诺拉的任何一个机械战警的粉丝都会避免这个名字。
6. Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii
跳夏威夷呼啦舞的塔露拉
The nine-year-old girl with that
moniker was put into court guardianship in New
Zealand so that her name could be
changed.
在新西兰，取这个名字的
9
岁小女孩上诉到法庭监护，最终她的名字可以改掉。