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.

  • Mesophar@lemm.ee
    10·
    5 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·
      5 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.