Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a baby...

[Mentalist]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman — but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.

Pat and Sheena Wheaton say they will get around the decision by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages by officially naming their son Superman but referring to him as 4Real, the New Zealand Herald newspaper has reported.

The Wheatons decided on the name after seeing the baby for the first time in an ultrasound scan and realizing their baby was “for real.”

They decided 4Real was the best way to write it, but the name was rejected because the registrar said a name had to be a sequence of characters.

Pat Wheaton said he was considering appealing against the decision through the courts, but whatever happens he won’t be budged on his choice.

“No matter what, it’s going to stay 4Real,” Wheaton told the Herald, “I’m certainly not a quitter.”

A spokesman for the Department of Internal Affairs, which operates the registry, told the Herald discussions with the Wheatons about their son’s name were continuing.

The baby is now 2 months old. The Wheatons first applied to register his name in late June.

I've offically given up on the human race. Can the aliens please hurry up and take me back with them.

 

[FBI parte due]

Just wait until he gets into high school and reads Nietzsche.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Wil Wheaton suggested the name as a joke.

 

[Dr Dave]

Good god...

 

[Mentalist]

Just wait until he gets into high school and reads Nietzsche.

Zarathustra would have least of been somewhat of an inspired choice.

 

[Mentalist]

Also...given the apparent intellectual heavy weights he has as parents I'd be surprised if he could read let alone comprehend Nietzsche by the time he is in high school.

 

[The Tomtrek]

At least it wasn't Brainiac.

 

[Dr Dave]

I suspect they will hope school the child.

 

[The Dork Lord]

Didn't Nic Cage name one of his kids Kal El?

 

[Dr Dave]

I know some jack ass did, it might have been Cage.

 

[The Dork Lord]

I think it was him, he's into comix...

 

[CaptainWacky]

Why not just call it Clark.

 

[Cassie]

I would murder my parents in their sleep if they gave me some comic book name, 4real.

 

[A_Real_Prick666]

I grew up thinking my name was U-littleBastard.

 

[Shitty Dual]

At least it wasn't Brainiac.

That, unfortunately, is what they named his retarded older brother.

 

[Shitty Dual]

The next kid will be Mr. Mxyzptlk.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Krypto the superdog.

 

[Dr Dave]

Parents need to realize that some names will get your ass kicked in school.

And honestly, If I owned a busniess I would never hire some tard named 4Real. I might have the person in for an interview, if not so I could laugh at them and tell them to go.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Prejudice!

 

[Dr Dave]

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