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In Taiwan, “Unflattering” Names Can Be Changed, But No More Than Three Times in a Lifetime

Posted by: Laney Zhang

I was reading my colleague Elin Hofverberg‘s interesting blog post on Icelandic names, and found we have posted several times on foreign laws banning unacceptable baby names. Not long ago, I noticed Taiwanese law also regulates“unflattering” names in its Name Act.  The Act does not ban such names, but rather recognizes that having an unflattering name …