Dad who won battle to give baby ‘banned name’ responds to registrar’s threat that ‘nobody would ever hire him’

Dan and Mandy Sheldon walked into the registry office with the simple joy of new parents and walked out feeling judged, shamed, and questioned as mum and dad. To them, “Lucifer” meant light-bringer, a powerful, poetic name for their son. To the registrar, it was a curse they were cruelly placing on a helpless child, a decision she felt compelled to fight. That clash of meanings turned a routine formality into a moral battlefield.