Two parents in Tennessee could not decide which last name to give to their 7-month-old son so they had a child support hearing to resolve the argument; what they did not expect was for the judge to rule that the baby needed to have its first name changed as well.

For the first 7 months of his life the baby had gone by the name Messiah. Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew ruled that the name was inappropriate and renamed the child Martin DeShawn McCullough using the last name of both parents as a compromise while removing the child's first name, according to WBIR-TV.

"The word Messiah is a title and it's a title that has only been earned by one person and that one person is Jesus Christ," Judge Ballew said.

The baby's mother, Jaleesa Martin, was flabbergasted that the judge changed the child's name.

"I was shocked," Martin told WBIR-TV. "I never intended on naming my son Messiah because it means God and I didn't think a judge could make me change my baby's name because of her religious beliefs."

Martin has already announced that she plans on appealing the judge's ruling. Martin told the Associated Press that she liked the way the baby's name sounded alongside the names of her two other children; Micah and Mason.

"Everybody believes what they want so I think I should be able to name my child what I want to name him, not someone else," Martin said.

Judge Ballew made the decision because she felt that naming the child Messiah could create problems for the little boy as he grew up in eastern Tennessee, an area with a large Christian population, according to the Associated Press.

"It could put him at odds with a lot of people and at this point he has had no choice in what his name is," Judge Ballew said.

This is not the first time a child's name has been met with derision by the legal system. In New Zealand there is an entire list of names that have been deemed unacceptable, including Majesty, Christ, 4Real and Justice. In a case involving a child named "Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii" a judge ruled that the name "makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap," according to the Huffington Post.