Couple win fight to name son Lucifer after registrar warned he 'won't succeed in life'

mirror.co.uk:

A couple won the battle to officially name their son Lucifer after a registrar reportedly told them he "wouldn't succeed in life" if they chose it.

Dan and Mandy Sheldon went to register their four-month-old son last week when the council office was able to reopen after lockdown.

Dad Dan said the pair had been really excited but when they handed over the forms to name him Lucifer Sheldon, he said the council registrar at their local office in Chesterfield looked at them in "utter disgust".

She allegedly tried to bar them from using the name because it has been used as a moniker for the devil, and 37-year-old Dan told The Sun : "She told us he would never be able to get a job, and that teachers wouldn't want to teach him. "I tried to