So I'm currently doing the 100 baby challenge. One of the kids aged up to a teen and I didn't like his hairstyle so I thought I'd edit it. Once I did and tried to save the change,I got the "A sim name,last name or description contains a disallowed word. You won't be able to upload this household to the gallery" notification. Their last name is Navarro and their first names are:Chetanzi,Mankato,Neyeli,Cheyenne,Tobey and Elu. Am I missing something (as English isn't my first language) or is this a glitch?

It's not just English, there are banned words for other languages as well. I've had that happen to me a time or two and have no idea what word was "bad" as I only speak English.

I had a sim named Suki and her name was banned, apparently. You might write down each name and change them one at a time until you find the "offensive" word, just for curiosity sake.

it wouldn't let me name a girl muffy lol honestly it's a bad name so well-played, maxis

I made a nightclub that I named after a very colorful bird, but within the name of that bird was a word that wasn't allowed.

"alexjoanroww;c-17084912" wrote:Update: I followed @ChelleJo 's advice and tested all the names. Apparently Tobey was the dissallowed word. The "Disallowed word" filter is faulty to all hell. I mean they had to change Nina and Dina's mother's name to Katrina just because we can't even say her original name on these forums because the first three letters of her name just so happen to be used as an alternative to calling someone the N-Word.I imagine Tobey is disallowed because the word "Obey" is in his name and this filter goes "TOBEY?! BUT IT'S ONE LETTER AWAY FROM OBEY AND THAT'S NOT ALLOWED REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

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26 Replies

sobenewbie
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
It's not just English, there are banned words for other languages as well. I've had that happen to me a time or two and have no idea what word was "bad" as I only speak English.
aveniceglass
6 years ago
I've found that some religious names are banned. I made a jesus and devil household and got the same error. Also tried to name a kid Dio after Ronnie James Dio but it means god in Italian so maybe one of those names falls under the same thing
Suziish
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I had a sim named Suki and her name was banned, apparently. You might write down each name and change them one at a time until you find the "offensive" word, just for curiosity sake.
LindsaySeddon1
6 years ago
I just entered them all into google translate (I set it on "detect language") and the only one that had meaning was Elu, which means Life in Estonian.

Obviously that's not a perfect method, but it's something.
dadvans
6 years ago
it wouldn't let me name a girl muffy lol honestly it's a bad name so well-played, maxis
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
6 years ago
Muffy was a perfectly okay name in Harvest Moon DS. Tbh I never liked it, either, because it sounds like muffin. But by the time there was nothing wrong with it.
catitude5
6 years ago
I made a nightclub that I named after a very colorful bird, but within the name of that bird was a word that wasn't allowed.
drakharis
6 years ago
I have had that happen a few times for whatever reason. I wasn't using any obscene word I was aware of in the languages I know. I belonged to a forum years ago where somebody chose the name Oni which means demon in Japanese but in their language, it meant something totally different. I asked why they thought they were a demon? They took offence and I explained what it meant in Japanese and they explained the meaning in their language and apologized for being offended. I apologized for not considering so many other languages.
kimfoyx
6 years ago
Update: I followed @ChelleJo 's advice and tested all the names. Apparently Tobey was the dissallowed word.
MrGiggleTickle
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
"alexjoanroww;c-17084912" wrote:
Update: I followed @ChelleJo 's advice and tested all the names. Apparently Tobey was the dissallowed word.

The "Disallowed word" filter is faulty to all hell. I mean they had to change Nina and Dina's mother's name to Katrina just because we can't even say her original name on these forums because the first three letters of her name just so happen to be used as an alternative to calling someone the N-Word.

I imagine Tobey is disallowed because the word "Obey" is in his name and this filter goes "TOBEY?! BUT IT'S ONE LETTER AWAY FROM OBEY AND THAT'S NOT ALLOWED REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"