Conference oass::babynames

57.0. "ELEINA MARIA" by 49250::AUNGIER (Rene El Gringo sin casa, Irish Rebel) Wed Oct 29 1986 12:45

	When we had our first child we had more or less decided the
	childs name depending on the sex. If it was a boy we would
	have called it after my father, if it had been a girl after
	one of my wifes sisters.

	Well the story started on 18th February 1984. Eleina Maria 
	was born. We wanted to register her with the Spanish embassy
	in Ireland. I went there and the girl who I knew well told
	me my daughters name was (Elena, Helena etc). I said bad and
	all as my Spanish was that I knew what my daughters name was.

	The girl in the Spanish embassy in Dublin, Ireland said that
	it was not a registered name and so the story began. I rang my
	sister-in-law to ask her to forward her birth certificate so
	that I could prove to the Spanish embassy that it was a recognised
	Spanish name. 

	I eventually registered her with the Spanish embassy. She has 
	Irish and Spanish nationality. Now at 2 1/2 years of age everybody
	thinks her name is Elena, Helena etc because it is a rare Spanish
	name so everybody has difficulty with it. Even my sister-in-law
	in Spain has problems because people in general don't know this
	name.

	Rene Aungier
	(Ferney-Voltaire, France)	

    How do you pronounce Eleina?  (Is the "ei" pronounced "a" or "ee"?)
    
    -Tracy

  The name is pronounce like "el" "a" "ina"
  
  - Rene

    	Bad look Rene.
    
    	In the past, here in Spain, was a big problem, but at present,
    just if you contact to a very old people (at less with old brain)
    you have problems.
    
    	My fisth daughter name is 'Libertad` (Liberty, of course) and
    the day when I went to the register, I carry with me a newspaper
    with a note of a trial about a father who try to use this name to
    your daughter... When the transaction was (sucessfully) finished,
    I ask about the law and this trial... The (young) lady in the office
    just said: 'If you like this name, is your problem`!!! That's the
    normal situation today.
    
    	Best regards, saludos, aurevoire...
    
    		F�lix Ballesteros Rivas.
    

    Good heavens!  What a horror story!  I think I'll organize a group
    of protesters to march on the registration office: Moon Unit and
    Dweezil Zappa, Chastity Bono, World B. Free, Prince ...
    
    I understand in the Soviet Union some children are named Tractor.