French couple banned from using 'Ã±' in baby's name
A French court has banned a couple from giving their baby a name containing a tilde, ruling that the character Ã± violated national law. The couple wanted to name their newborn FaÃ±ch. "The principle according to which babies' names are chosen...must have limits when it comes to using a spelling which includes a character unrecognised by...French language," the court said.