The family are still hoping to go on their dream holiday later this year.

A woman was left “devastated” after her daughter’s passport application was rejected because she was named after a Game of Thrones character.

Lucy, 39, from Swindon in Wiltshire, said the Passport Office initially refused the application for Khaleesi, six.

Officials said they were unable to issue a passport unless Warner Brothers gave permission because it owned the name’s trademark. But the authority has since apologised for the error.

    • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
      44·
      4 months ago

      All the women named Madison suddenly owe royalties to the rightsholders of the 1984 mermaid-in-Manhattan comedy Splash. Also, anyone named Wendy has to pay the J. M. Barrie estate or change their name to Gwendolyn.

        • Zip2
          83·
          4 months ago

          This has been pissing me off for so long!

          In fact anyone using surnames as first names. Stop it.

          • Mesophar@lemm.ee
            10·
            4 months ago

            But Go back far enough, and a surname is just the given name of your father, or the town you live in, or the trade you do.

            More accurate to stop using given names as surnames!

            • Zip2
              5·
              4 months ago

              Absolutely. We need to throw off these 11th century traditions and make sure our children’s entire names sound like a double barrelled surname.

      • 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee
        11·
        4 months ago

        Now I wonder if that would require a lawsuit between the J. M. Barrie estate & the Wendy’s restaurant chain.

      • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
        4·
        4 months ago

        what a timely reference that everyone will get right away

        don’t get me wrong- I watched Splash on HBO once a summer for half a decade- I got chu