A Swedish couple wants to name their newborn daughter "Metallica", but officials are unconvinced this is a suitable name for a baby girl.

Michael and Karolina Tomaro are locked in a court battle with Swedish authorities, which rejected their application to name their six-month-old child after the legendary rock band.

"It suits her," Karolina Tomaro, 27, said Tuesday of the name. "She's decisive and she knows what she wants."

Although little Metallica has already been baptized, the Swedish National Tax Board refused to register the name, saying it was associated with both the rock group and the word "metal."

Tomaro said the official handling the case also called the name "ugly.

Parents should be able to freely name their children, but I have to side with the Swedish officials and say, "That's a horrible name!"  I suppose there could be worse names:  "Air Supply", "Black Sabbath" or "Vanilla Ice".

If you were to name your child after a musical group what group would it be?  Leave it in the comments.