Parents don’t really want their child named “Lucifer,” do they?

Well, four sets of parents tried in New Zealand, and they have been blocked.

That country has put forward its list of baby names rejected by the Department of Internal Affairs, which is the agency that signs off on baby names.

No, you cannot call you child “Lucifer,” or “Justice,” or “Anal.”

The name that was rejected the most was “Justice.” It was turned down 62 times.

Names with numbers were also on the no-go list.

The full list, obtained by CNN, contained 77 names that were turned down because either they were offensive or implies an official title or rank.

For example, “Princess,” and “King,” never had a chance.

Also shot down were parents who wanted to grace their child with the name “Messiah.” That happened twice.

“Christ,” too, was rejected.

In the past, however, New Zealand has approved eccentric names, although rather reluctantly.

In 2008, the government allowed a set of twins to be named “Benson” and “Hedges” which is cigarette brand.

That same year “Number 16 Bus Shelter” was approved.

It was also in 2008 that New Zealand’s family court ordered that a 9-year-old girl whose parents had called her “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii” should have her name changed.

The girl was put under the guardianship of the court so her name could be changed.

“It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap,” Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt said in his ruling. He called it “a form of abuse.”

The Taranaki Daily News reported that the girl “had told the court she was so embarrassed about her given name that she had not revealed it to any of her friends.”

New Zealand isn’t the only country with a naming law.

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Iceland, Germany and Denmark are among the countries that carry naming rights.

Sometimes those matters are settled in court.

In Iceland earlier this year, a 15-year-old Icelandic girl, Blaer Bjarkardottir, won the right to use the name given her by her mother.

The BBC reported that Icelandic authorities had rejected her first name because they said it was not a proper feminine name.

Blaer means “light breeze.”

In Canada, there is no federal government list of “approved” names, but there are some provincial rules.

In Quebec, names that could cause ridicule, difficulty in translation, or that don’t follow the usual convention around last names can be flagged by the registrar.

In the past the registrar has had parents reconsider giving their children such names as Goldorak, Boom-Boom, Salaud (a vulgar French term), Lucifer and Jazzouille.

A widely publicized challenge occurred in 1996, when a couple wanted to call their child “Spatule,” which is French for a spoon-billed bird but also translates as spatula, a kitchen utensil.

The child was not named Spatule in the end.

In 1997, the agency lost a court case launched by a couple who gave their daughter the middle name “C’est-un-Ange” (It’s an angel).