Hi! What's Your Name?

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What's in a name, you ask? How about 25 words? The Civil Registry office in Spain is ordering the proud new parents of a baby girl to shorten her name because it's too long. Fernando Fitz-James Stuart, who happens to be a Duke, and his wife recently christened their daughter Sofía Fernanda Dolores Cayetana Teresa Ángela de la Cruz Micaela del Santísimo Sacramento del Perpetuo Socorro de la Santísima Trinidad y de Todos Los Santos. The baby is named after her late great-grandmother, who had 19 names. The Civil Registry said it is prohibited by law to allow such a long name. The couple has not yet decided what to do.


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