Therefore [the right to decide] what name to use is a freedom enjoyed by the people and as such is protected under Article 22 of the Constitution.
民國八十五年三月，大法官會議針對黃茂林的聲請做出釋字三九九號解釋：「姓名權為人格權之一種…… 故如何命名為人民之自由，應為憲法第二十二條所保障… …『姓名不雅，不能以讀音會意擴大解釋』，與上開意旨不符，有違憲法保障人格權之本旨，應不予援用。」