Couple told Elvis no name for a girl

Published: June 4, 2008 at 2:43 PM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 4 (UPI) -- A Swedish couple has been told that Elvis is not an appropriate name for a girl, at least in Sweden.

The couple said that they picked the name because they like the sound, The Local reports. The most important quality they wanted in a name for their daughter, now 5 months old, was that it be gender neutral.

"We talked about lots of names and then Elvis popped up," the mother told the newspaper Metro. "We thought it was a name that was both pretty and gender-neutral. We're not Elvis Presley fans at all."

The National Tax Board disagreed, telling the parents that Elvis "is a first name of a masculine type."

Last year, a couple that picked the name Metallica for their daughter was allowed to keep it after a long fight with officials.

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