French couple win fight to name son Daemon
A French couple have won a case to name their son Daemon after a character in the US television series “The Vampire Dairies”.Lionel and Blandine Defontaine, from Busigny in northern France, were taken to court under a French law which prevents parents from giving a child a name that would be ‘contrary to the interests of a child’.
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Prosecutors claimed the name had satanic connotations.
The parents, both fans of the TV series, said the simply liked the sound of the name and had decided to add the ‘e’ to produce a French version for their son born on 3 November.
Until 1993, parents in France were obliged to choose an offspring’s name from a specified list.
The same law has already been used in France. In 1999, prosecutors tried to prevent a couple from naming their daughter Megane, saying it sounded too much like the make of popular French car, the Renault Megane.
An appeals court in 2000 allowed the girl to keep her name.
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