Duke Fernando Fitz-James Stuart and Sofia Palazuelo
For those who find their names long and spelling them challenging, consider the case of the Royal Baby of Spain, whose name is 157 letters long. This name is so long that the Spanish Duke has been ordered to shorten his daughter’s name significantly if he wants her to be legally registered by the Spanish authorities.
The Spanish noble, who has ancestral ties to King James II of England, has been forced to shorten the 25-word name he intended for his newborn daughter.
According to The Telegraph, Duke Fernando Fitz-James Stuart wants to name his daughter ‘Sofia Fernanda Dolores Cayetana Teresa Angela de la Cruz Micaela del Santisimo Sacramento del Perpetuo Socorro de la Santisima Trinidad y de Todos Los Santos’.
“The girl will not be able to be registered in the civil registry with a set of names that goes beyond all the rules. No more than one composite may be registered when registering [hyphenated] No name should be included, and no more than two simple ones,” officials said.
According to local media reports, the girl’s 25-word name would serve as a tribute to the late Duchess of Alba, various family members and religious devotions.
Spanish newspaper El Pais reported: “For example, the first name, Sofia, was chosen in honor of her mother and grandmother, Sofia Barroso, and the second, Fernanda, in tribute to her father, Duke of Huescar, and to her great-uncle, Fernando Martinez of Irujo, Marquis of San Vicente del Barco.”
The newborn baby’s baptism took place in the historic center of Seville earlier this month, but it is possible that her legal name differs from the name used during the baptism.
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