Saudi Arabia Controls Babies Names  · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

You are not allowed to name your newborn daughter Eman, or Sandy, or Yara. And if it is a boy, names like Abdelnasser, Amir or Abdulmoeen are a no go. But that's only in Saudi Arabia. On Twitter, Iyad El Baghdadi shares this list of baby names banned in the absolute monarchy:
List of banned baby names in KSA. Includes: Abdulnasser, Amir, Maya, Linda, Sandy, Loren, Benjamin, Yara, Eman. pic.twitter.com/XHyrdT9bKQ
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) March 12, 2014
And there is a photograph of an officially stamped list to go with this notice.