london a mother cannot name her daughter cyanide a british court has ruled in a landmark case saying her unusual choice might harm her childrenthe woman who also chose the name preacher for the girls twin brother insisted that she had a right to name her own children but the mother from powys wales was thwarted by top judges on thursdayin the first case of its kind appeal court judges ruled that it was an extreme case and that the mothers unusual choices might harm her childrenthe mother has a chaotic history of mental illness drug and alcohol abuse and relationships with abusive men said lady justice kingthe twins who are infants and two of their halfsiblings are now living with foster parents wales online reportedwhen powys county council social workers learnt of the names the mother had chosen for the twins they took the case to court in an unprecedented stepin june last year a judge issued an injunction against the mother forbidding her from formally registering the twins unorthodox forenamesher lawyers appealed insisting that the refusal to let her name her own children violated her right to respect for family lifelady justice king sitting with lady justice gloster and lord justice david richards said that naming a little girl after a notorious poison was simply unacceptablealthough there was nothing seriously objectionable about the name preacher she ruled that both twins names should be chosen by their older halfsiblingswhile ruling in the landmark case the judge said that even allowing for changes in taste fashion and developing individual perception cyanide was a very odd name to give to a baby girlthe mother said preacher was a rather cool name which sent a strong spiritual message and which would stand my son well for the futurecyanide she said was a lovely pretty name and had positive connotations as the poison which ended the lives of both hitler and his aide paul goebbelsjustice king said the courts would intervene to prevent a parent naming a child in only the most extreme casesbut she ruled this is one of those rare cases where the court should intervene to protect the girl twin from emotional harm that i am satisfied she would suffer if called cyanide