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Ryan Merrifield

Parents fuming after judge decides their child's name is illegal and changes it

Parents of a newborn baby have been told by a court the name they selected is illegal — and their daughter has been forcibly renamed.

The couple - who remain anonymous - named the infant Hazia, but a magistrate said it is deemed unacceptable under Spanish law.

The chosen name means "semen" and is not on the list of the country's greenlit names governed by the Civil Registration Act.

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