Not The OnionEnglish • 5 months ago

6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character

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6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character

Not The OnionEnglish • 5 months ago

6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character: report

A UK mother was left “absolutely devastated” after her daughter’s passport application was denied because she was named after a popular “Game of Thrones” character.

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9•5 months ago
That’s just not so. J.M. Barrie’s book popularized Wendy as a girls name, but it predates the book by centuries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy

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