Nutella, Smelly Head and other names you can't call your child

From Sex Fruit to 4Real, bizarre baby names have caused legal wrangling across the world

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A couple in France have been banned from naming their daughter Nutella, after the hazelnut spread, to prevent her from being mocked later in life.

A French court ruled, in the parents' absence, that the baby girl be called Ella instead, saying it was "contrary to the child's interest to have a name that can only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts".

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