French baby boy banned from having name containing tilde

Brittany court rules name’s spelling cannot feature non-French characters (ñ) even though region has its own languageA French court has banned a couple from giving their baby a name containing a tilde, ruling that the character ñ was incompatible with national law. The couple from Brittany wanted to call their newborn boy Fañch, a traditional name in the northwestern region which has its own language. Continue reading...