French authorities accuse Blandine and Lionel Defontaine of acting contrary to the interests of the boy, who is only a month old.
The couple, from Busigny, in northern France, are both expected to appear in court in nearby Cambrai on December 15 to defend their decision to name their son after the character played by Ian Somerhalder (see the picture) in the fictional TV series about supernatural beings.
Both are huge fans of the Vampire Diaries, and believe that Daemon – they have added an ‘e’ to produce a French version of Damon – is a suitable name, even though the French authorities claim it has diabolic origins.
According to article 57 of France’s Civil Code, ‘when a name, or a combination of names, is considered contrary to the interests of the child, the civic officer shall promptly notify the prosecutor, who may refer the matter to the Family Court.’
If a judge deems that Daemon is indeed an unsuitable name, then he will rule that the Defontaines’ son has to be called something else.
Mrs Defontaine said she would fight the authorities to the end, saying: ‘Ok, there are some wacky names, but this one is in American.
‘There are girls who are called Satan and it does not pose a problem. You know, I carried this child for nine months and he was called Daemon.’
Mrs Defontaine, who has three sons in all, said: ‘He’s already more than three weeks old and he’s not yet sure of his name. I can assure you he does not have any horns, or a tail!’
It follows a case in Nantes, western France, in 2000 when a couple wanted to call their daughter Megane Renaud, so that she ‘sounded like’ the Renault Megane car.
Judges then ruled that the name could have an ‘adverse effect’ on the baby’s psychological welfare.
They said the ‘the name Megane could be in itself contrary to the interests of the child’ because ‘until she entered primary school, only adults would be aware of the potentially comic effect of the combination of first and last name.’
The case will be heard in Cambrai, in northern France, on December 15. (Daily Mail)
from: http://kaleidoscope.cybertranslator.idv.tw/archives/5601
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