

A pair of toy-crazed parents in Sweden recently won a landmark battle to name their son "Lego," after the popular plastic brick.

The set of Swedish 'rents had been told the name was off-limits, but the ruling was overturned by the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeals, according to The Telegraph.

Apparently, getting the go-ahead was no easy feat. In Sweden, parents are prohibited from giving their offspring legal names that are deemed offensive, unsuitable or inappropriate. This policy also bans couples from picking names that might one day embarrass their young.

In 1996, a boy was named "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116"

(pronounced Albin) to protest the law, the paper reported.

Similarly colorful names that have failed to get the court's green light include "Metallica" (for a boy) and "Elvis" (for a girl).

Photo via Lego.com

[via Newslite]

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