A couple from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, New Zealand, have won the battle to name their son ‘Lucifer,’ after a registrar tried stopping them from choosing the name which is often used as a sobriquet for the Devil.
According to TheSun, Dan had lodged a complaint over the way he and his wife were treated after visiting the council office for the registration following its reopening after months of lockdown.
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He said he was told of the consequences of naming his child Lucifer, which to him, was a beautiful and unique name. “She told us he would never be able to get a job and that teachers wouldn’t want to teach him.
I tried to explain that we are not religious people, and Lucifer in Greek means ‘light-bringer’ and ‘morning’ but she wouldn’t listen.
She even told us that it was illegal to name a child that in New Zealand and that maybe we could name him something else but refer to him as Lucifer at home.” Following the couple’s behest, their request was granted.
