Surprising Names that Are Banned Around the World

Harriet

Names are a tricky business in Iceland, where parents are expected to pick from an approved list of culturally cohesive names that includes Baldey, Bebba and Brá. Harriet may seem like a perfectly normal option in some countries (it ranked #72 for the UK’s most popular girls’ names in 2017), but two parents in Reykjavik were forced to choose an alternative name to get their daughter a passport.