What are the practical difficulties faced by parents when their chosen name is rejected?

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Parents face a dead end when a chosen baby name is rejected.

Parents are left without a clear path forward when the name they want is not on the approved list. In one case, Shakhnoza Nazarova said the name Dunyo disappeared from the register after an update in February, and no office would accept her application for a birth certificate. Another parent, Gurdovarid Mamadjonova, was told the Tajik version of Yasmina would be Yosuman or Yosamin, while her first daughter had to be registered as Oisha instead of Aisha.
There is no clear guidance once the name is refused.
Nazarova said there was “no guidance on what to do when a name isn’t on the list.” She also said that no one would accept the application, leaving her daughter’s registration unresolved a month after birth.
The approved list can change after a child is born.
The register was introduced 10 years ago and updated in February, which created a problem for families whose chosen names had previously appeared on it. Nazarova said Dunyo had been on the list before the update, but was gone when she went to obtain the birth certificate.
Parents are pushed toward official alternatives.
Mamadjonova was told that Yasmina should be rendered in the Tajik form Yosuman or Yosamin. She had already faced the same issue with her first daughter, who was registered as Oisha instead of Aisha.
The rules leave ethnic Tajik families with little room to negotiate.
The rules apply only to ethnic Tajiks, and authorities do not accept applications for names outside the official list. The result is a bureaucratic loop in which parents are told what is acceptable, but are not given a process for challenging a rejection or adding a new name.

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