Woman refused Sainsbury’s Nectar card because her first name is Fanny

Älskar att heta Fanny och bo i UK ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/w7mLYALqwv

— Fanny Carlsson (@FannyCarlsson) February 12, 2015

Having a name with sexual connotations may make you the unwilling target of sniggers and lame jokes, but one woman found it also prevented her from acquiring a supermarket loyalty card.

Fanny Carlsson, from Sweden, found that the online registration form for Sainsbury’s Nectar card would not accept her first name.

The 19-year-old, however, saw the funny side of her predicament and tweeted a picture of her ‘invalid’ name being rejected.

Ms Carlsson told the Daily Record: ‘Because I already knew what “Fanny” meant before I moved to England, I have chosen to call myself Linnéa at work.

‘My parents already knew I had had some problems with my name, so they’re mainly just happy they gave me a middle name that works better.

‘It’s pretty much only when I talk to Swedes that I use my first name.’

Till er som var oroliga så fick jag tillslut ett nectar card! Så inga hard feelings mot Sainsburys 🎈🎈🎈 pic.twitter.com/yJoluGJraH

— Fanny Carlsson (@FannyCarlsson) February 18, 2015

She has since received her loyalty card and wrote on Twitter that she bore no ill will towards the supermarket chain.

Nectar released the following statement: ‘Like many companies we block a number of words on the Nectar website.

‘We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to this particular customer and are reviewing this going forward.’