Posted on 10/08/2021 8:19:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Some say names are a blessing from one's parents, but it might just be the exact opposite for this Indonesian boy.
A couple in Tuban Regency, Indonesia, have come to their wits' end as they struggle to legally register their son, whose name is too long to for the civil registry system.
His full name: Rangga Madhipa Sutra Jiwa Cordosega Akre Askhala Mughal Ilkhanat Akbar Sahara Pi-Thariq Ziyad Syaifudin Quthuz Khoshala Sura Talenta. He simply goes by Cordo, according to Coconuts Jakarta.
He was born in January 2019, but has yet to receive his official documents.
The boy's father, Arif Akbar, told Kompas, "I've been fighting for three years to process [my son's] birth certificate at the agency. Every time we visited the office, we are told to wait. The last time [we went], we were offered the solution to change my son's name."
However, the couple is unwilling to do so, citing that all of Cordo's 18 names have deep philosophical meanings, containing their hopes and prayers for his future.
"The meaning [of his name] is for him to become a worldly figure who is known across the world, an individual who doesn't think narrowly, or primordially, but has global insight as well as the initiative and power to realise his great insight," explained his father in Detik.
Determined to keep his name as it is, Arif and his wife have written a letter to Indonesian President Joko Widodo to allow his documents to be processed.
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A snippet of the letter reads, "Our open letter to you is our last hope and to share our sadness. Maybe some are thinking, 'What's in a name?', but according to our customs the name is a person's character, pride, prayer and hope."
They also expressed that their son needs to get his official documents in order to enrol in school.
At the time of writing, the Indonesian President has not given any statement regarding the couple's request.
Kompas also interviewed Rahmad Ubaid, the Head of Population and Civil Registration Service in Tuban Regency, who confirmed that the region's civil registry system has a strict limit of 55 characters, including spaces.
However, he also emphasised that the authorities were not asking for the boy's name to be changed, but merely to be "adjusted to a maximum of 55 characters" so that it would fit into his official documents.
Cordo isn't the the first child that has been subjected to weird and quirky names.
On June 2021, the son of a Philippine web developer became famous when his mother announced on Facebook that his name was HTML.
In 2020, an Indonesian girl also made news when it was discovered that her legal name was 'Y' — the last letter in the Jawi alphabet.
Attention whores.
He’s no Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitzweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm
Nikki Nikki Tembo Oso Lembo Ooma Moochi Gama Gama Goochy.
A Danny Kaye skit.
And then there is....Malcolm Peter Brian Telescope Adrian Umbrella Stand Jasper Wednesday (pops mouth twice) Stoatgobbler John Raw Vegetable (sound effect of horse whinnying) Arthur Norman Michael (blows squeaker) Featherstone Smith (blows whistle) Northgot Edwards Harris (fires pistol, then 'whoop') Mason (chuff-chuff-chuff) Frampton Jones Fruitbat Gilbert (sings) 'We'll keep a welcome in the' (three shots, stops singing) Williams If I Could Walk That Way Jenkin (squeaker) Tiger-drawers Pratt Thompson (sings) 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' Darcy Carter (horn) Pussycat 'Don't Sleep In The Subway' Barton Mainwaring (hoot, 'whoop') Smith
So, the parents did something silly, and want the state to comply.
Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish.
Boy, I’d hate to be that kid... I can’t imagine the expectations they’re going to hold him to.
It’ll suck if he doesn’t meet them.
Here’s one you’ll enjoy.
“Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang! That’s the name I’ll give you!”
When I met my wife her OIC was a Warrant Officer of Hispanic/Korean mix. His father had shipped his pregnant mother home during the Korean War. She spoke no English. He had given her a list of his brothers, uncles, and cousins for her to seek help. His family shunned her and when she delivered the baby she was asked for a name and she gave the hospital her list. He had 10-12 “middle” names.
That’s even longer than Ricki Ticki Tengo No Sa Rengo Cherry Berry Roochi Pip Perry Pengo.
How about
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
Incredibly, even Cal McLish’s full name is under 55 characters with spaces included.
Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikki_Tikki_Tembo
LOL, that’s the one.
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