‘I named my child after a Class A drug just to prove a point’

DAILY STAR

A journalist who was investigating what you can legally change your baby’s name to got a shock when she made the matter personal.

ABC journalist Kirsten Drysdale is a presenter for WTFAQ, which is a series which answers all of life’s big questions. She quizzed the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages on what you can legally change your baby’s name to.

However, when the answer was left unclear on ‘prohibited’ names, she decided to test it out. After welcoming her third child with her husband Chris, Kirsten decided to name her newborn ‘Methamphetamine Rules’ to see if it what allowed.

And she was left gobsmacked when the name was approved, telling news.com.au: “I don’t know how it slipped through.

“I’m not sure if someone was overworked, or if it was automated somewhere. Or possibly, maybe they thought Methamphetamine was a Greek name. They haven’t really given us a clear answer.”

The NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has since admitted to the mother the approval for name was a mishap. Thankfully, Kirsten has now managed to change her baby’s name legally.