Would this name be allowed?

[Desert Orchid]

It came up during a discussion at the Men's Shed today.

I was just wondering if the BHA would not allow a filly to be registered with the name. After all, it is real name of a real person:

 

[trudij]

If the person checking them had their wits about them then no - if they only made the connection with the skier and pronounced it properly then possibly but you’d need permission from the lady herself. ( or she’d need to be dead for about 50 years)
You need permission to name after songs, so I can’t believe you’d not need it for a person who is alive.

 

[Desert Orchid]

That's what I thought, trudij, but I really just put the video up for a laugh.

 

[trudij]

I remember watching it at the time and crying with laughter at him, but the Michael Macintyre midnight quiz where he got her on was perfection

 

[trudij]

 

[LUKE]

would you get away with Mary Hinge in this day and age.

 

[Danny]

We actually have a Fanny Chmeller at the place where i work, well actually his names Danny Miller but someone edited his name with a sharpie on his locker and the name unfortunately has stuck with him for life.

 

[Drone]

The Weatherby's crudity filter must have been malfunctioning when Fircombe Hall was submitted; that or they had a teenage intern manning it that day

He's been regularly opening his legs and showing his class around the gaffs for several years

The sire is Charming Thought...

 

[yorick]

would you get away with Mary Hinge in this day and age.

Or, indeed, Jo Blob

 

[edgt]

The Weatherby's crudity filter must have been malfunctioning when Fircombe Hall was submitted; that or they had a teenage intern manning it that day

He's been regularly opening his legs and showing his class around the gaffs for several years

The sire is Charming Thought...

not to mention The Kew Tour which would never be accepted here in Eire.

 

[Grey]

Yes, but there’d be no problem here with Fircombe Hall.