Judge makes parents change kid's name from Messiah

[RachelB]

But does NZ have an equivalent to the First Amendment? That's what the issue is here. 72 kids a year in the US are named "Lucifer". I've met a woman named "Toy". (She was a black woman with a PhD, which made it all the more . . . difficult.) Do I think naming a kid Lucifer or Toy is a good idea? Aw, hell no! Do I think the First Amendment guarantees people the right to so? Yes. So in order to change to a system like Germany's, where there's a list of approved names you must choose from, you'd have to repeal the First Amendment, which, no.

Could she be named after poet and professor Toi Derricotte?