You little devil: Scottish family names their son Lucifer… after the birth of a baby called Messiah last year
- Edinburgh Council said they would not intervene in the choice of baby name
- Last year Scotland welcomed a baby called Messiah, to rival the newborn
- Other strange names in 2018 included Nun, Awesome, Royalty and Pepper
- Experts say Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby name could be influential
A family have proudly called their newborn Lucifer after the Prince of Darkness, the devil himself.
Edinburgh Council said they had permitted the name on the birth certificate because it was not deemed offensive.
Lucifer rivals another Biblical name chosen in Scotland in 2018 – a baby called Messiah.
The baby called Lucifer rivals another Biblical choice of name in Scotland last year where a baby was called Messiah (stock image)
Of the 47,785 born in Scotland in 2018, there babies called Awesome, Nun, Royalty and Pepper, the Sun reported.
Edinburgh Council’s Karen Watson told the Sun : ‘There aren’t really any rules around names. It’s a case of people can call their babies whatever they like.’
Experts believe that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s choice of name will be influential
She added: ‘To be perfectly honest, names now are actually pretty normal and there are only one or two that go a wee bit different.
‘As long, as it’s not offensive we don’t get involved in what they are calling their baby.’
Olivia was Scotland’s most popular girl’s name, while Jack topped the boy’s table for an eleventh year.
According to Babycentre, there are likely to be many babies born in 2019 with royal names as Meghan Markle is due to give birth.
Another royal event which may impact 2019’s choices is the marriage between Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank which took place last year, and Eugenie could rank higher as a result.
Lucifer comes from the Latin name for the planet Venus – the morning star – and was later applied to a Hebrew translation which referred to the King of Babylon as the ‘shining one.’
The interpretation led the name to become the synonymous with stories of Satan’s fall from heaven and was applied to the Devil himself.