children's right to name

The present paper is to provide an interpretation from the Iranian Code of Notation according to which individuals are free to choose their own name unless it is forbidden by law depending on a concrete and reasonable justification. Accordingly, both the right of the newborn to have a name or even a proper name and, the right of parents to freely choose a name for their children can be studied. The parent’s right to name can also be discussed as an example of parental caring rights to their children; albeit, parent’s right to name is constitutionally restricted by the principle of prohibition of chicane or abuse of right. In other words, the issue must be recharactrized as act of parents in the name of and as the agents of their children. This agency or proxy by law can be surveyed disregarding issues of custody, paternal province and patronage. On this account, there will be no religious obstacle for entitling mother after the grandfather to name her children and it would be also much easier to explain and justify the basis for the right of the individuals to change their name by the age of legal maturity.