For people who find their names long and difficult to spell, 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 advised to considerably shorten it if he wishes for his daughter to be officially registered by Spanish authorities. The Spanish lord, who has ancestors related to King James II of England, must abbreviate the 25-word name he had planned for his newborn daughter. The Telegraph reports that Duke Fernando Fitz-James Stuart intends 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 25-word name is a tribute to the late Duchess of Alba, numerous family members, and religious devotions
“The girl will not be able to be registered in the civil registry with a string of names that surpasses all rules. In the registration, no more than one compound [hyphenated] name may be recorded, nor more than two simple ones,” officials said. According to local media accounts, the girl’s 25-word name is a tribute to the late Duchess of Alba, numerous family members, and religious devotions.
Spanish newspaper El Pais reported: “The first name, Sofia, for example, was chosen in honor of her mother and grandmother, Sofia Barroso, and the second, Fernanda, as a tribute to her father, Duke of Huescar, as well as her great-uncle, Fernando Martinez of Irujo, Marquis of San Vicente del Barco.” The newborn baby’s baptism was held earlier this month in Seville’s historic center, but her legal name may change from the one used during the baptism.
