Can you legally name your child Dirtbag, Fartface, or Dumbass? What if you used really offensive or racist words? Could anyone stop you?
In the US, you can name your child pretty much anything you want.
In many European countries, no, there are significant restrictions on names for children.
There was a long thread about this recently.
Wiki says
, but I doubt that applies to Americans. In otherwords, I don’t know.
Not acquaintances of mine, but I know of children named Vagina and Name. And one other named Phoebe Wiebe, but that’s not exactly the same thing.
The Social Security Death Index has:
Shit C. Shum (1944 - 2003)
Shit Y. Yeung (1911 - 1994)
This thread is closer to what the OP asked:
“Would I run into any restrictions giving my kid an obscene name? (US)”
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=288434&highlight=cuntfuck
I remember a few years back there was a huge ruckus over an incident where a mom & dad wanted to name their baby girl Ivory. From what I remember, apparently Ivory Soap had issues with this, and a legal battle ensued - I can’t remember what the outcome was. Anyone else remember this?
“It’s pronounced Ferris…”
You can name your kid any damn thing you want. But be aware, that if you name him fartface, he may very well murder you in your sleep with a sock full of pennies at the age of nine. 
In the book “Freakonomics” the author talks about a situation where a child was named a name the was pronounced shi-TEED. The name was spelled Shithead.
So I guess its possible.
Does anyone remember the SNL sketch (with Nick Cage) where an expectant couple are sitting in their living room proposing baby names? Every suggestion the wife comes up with is shot down by the husband because he is concerned that the child will be teased in the playground. The doorbell rings and a package arrives for “Mr Asswipe Johnson”. The father insists "it’s pronounced “Aas-wee-pay!”
…and here’s a link.
C’mon. There is no fucking way that this is true. For starters, how would Ivory Soap even find out about some random baby’s name? How is Keenan Ivory Wayans allowed to perform? In fact, how is anyone named McDonald able to avoid getting sued?
The story does sound bogus, but Amazon Floozy Goddess does live in Canada, where the rules might be different.
I worked with a lovely woman named Ivory here in the US.
My high school Business Law teacher talked about things like this. He said if your name was Howard Johnson and you opened a paint store named after you, no problem. If you opened a motel named after you, the existing Howard Johnson chain would probably sue you.
Nice highlighting, there. 
Heh, I usually remove the highlighting reference from the URL, I picked a good time to forget!
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WHY?
I knew a man from Malysia whose last name was “Fart.” His parents didn’t know he was coming to the US.
Every one called him by his first name!
Dunno if it’s a hijack or not, but if you did choose to name your child Shithead or somesuch, could your child later sue you on the grounds that the teasing that name engendered caused him lasting psychological damage?
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