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.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMAEnglish
    121·
    5 months ago

    The Passport Office has admitted that it was a mistake and have sorted this out. The interesting question is how this happened. I’ve known a few people who work their and they aren’t beyond dicking about - back in the day they might mess with famous people by sticking their photograph on upside down. I could see them doing something like this is they thought someone had a stupid name.

    • Echo Dot
      114·
      5 months ago

      It is a stupid name. Why lumber the kid with an unnecessarily daft name? It’s not even easy to spell.

      I’ve got a somewhat odd name (at least I’m not named after a character from a book), and I do wish my parents would just have gone with Tom or something.

      • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
        131·
        5 months ago

        It’s also not actually a name in the source material. It’s like watching a story about 18th century France and naming your daughter “Dauphine”, or about 1st century BC Rome and naming your son “Consul”.

        • Umbrias@beehaw.org
          3·
          5 months ago

          smith, cobbler, tanner. look new names exist somehow, naming people after characters in stories is as old as names.