An Indonesian couple couldn’t get a birth certificate for their 3-year-old son because they gave him a name that was too long:
Rangga Madhipa Sutra Jiwa Cordosega Akre Askhala Mughal Ilkhanat Akbar Sahara Pi-Thariq Ziyad Syaifudin Quthuz Khoshala Sura Talenta.
According to Detik, local officials and registrars in East Java didn’t grant them a birth certificate because his name didn’t fit the paper as it was too long.
The child’s father, Arif, said that the name has relations to the long history of Islamic civilization and that it has philosophical meanings.
He said that he hoped that his son would grow to become a “global figure”.
According to Kompas, the couple then wrote straight to President Jokowi, appealing to him for help in giving their son a birth certificate.
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