As the law says, the first name of a child must not be contrary to his interest. By naming their newborn baby after the King of the Underworld in Greek mythology, a couple found themselves facing justice.
Parents are free to choose the first name(s) of their child and there is no list of authorized first names. Nevertheless, the registrar checks each first name chosen at the time of the declaration of birth, being attentive to different criteria and can thusi notify the public prosecutor in the following cases, as indicated on the official website of the French administration: “The first name is contrary to the interest of the child. For example, a ridiculous or rude first name; The first name violates another person’s right to have their surname protected; The child bears the name of only one of his parents and has as his first name the name of the other parent.” This is how a couple from Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine) found themselves in the crosshairs of justice in naming her baby Hadesas reportedThe Malouin country.
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This little boy born on September 19, 2022 at the hospital in the corsair city has indeed been named as the god of the underworld and ruler of the deada very important figure in Greek mythology to whom we owe the concept of the “Other World” and sometimes the Manichaean vision, either the idea of good and evil. In short, a sacred meaning! However, when Kristina and Rodrigo learned, a few weeks after the birth of their child, that the deputy public prosecutor of Saint-Malo had ordered deletion of first name of his birth certificate, they fell from above. “We do not understand this decision. We do not believe that we have chosen a first name that is prejudicial to him. We didn’t call him Lucifer or Satan, we’re not stupid. We just wanted an original first name, which sounds good. When Rodrigo suggested ‘Hades’ to me, I immediately liked it”, explained the mother to our colleagues. And to add:Nobody makes the connection. In the maternity ward, it didn’t shock anyone. On the contrary, people like.”
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Hades: an original first name, but worn in France
If the first name of little Hades was not to the taste of the public prosecutor of Saint-Malo, it was nevertheless given 12 times in France, just for the year 2020 and would be, in the country, the 6,144th most attributed first name since 1900 according to INSEE. An argument used by Pierre Stichelbaut, Kristina and Rodrigo’s lawyer, Friday March 3, 2023 before a family court judge of the judicial court of Saint-Malo. “It’s a name that sounds good without ridiculous connotation”, indicated the defender, as reported by Le Pays Malouin.