I tried to name the child "@" but it is rejected

A Chinese couple tried to name the child "@", but he seems to have been dismissed. I often hear news that it is talking about strange names and renaming it to the name of my favorite character, but I've never heard of trying to name the symbol.

Details are as follows.
Couple try to name baby "@" | The Daily Telegraph

According to the article, the couple applied to the office to name the child "@" of the symbol used in the mail address etc, but it was rejected. For what reason I tried to name this name, @ (at) pronounced "ai ta", which seems to be because it means "love him" in Mandarin.

The government prohibits the use of words that are not included in Chinese minority languages, such as Arabic numerals, foreign languages, and symbols at the beginning of this year as a name, and that "@" will never be accepted.

The number of characters used in Chinese is quite large, for example the former Prime Minister ·Zhu RongjiThe character "Ryo" is a rare character, so it is becoming a source of trouble for newspaper editors.

Incidentally, there are examples that can be named quite different names in Japan as well. In famous placesDemon chan naming disturbanceAlthough there was something, the following site is gathering the ridiculous name actually attached.

DQN name (child's name @ Ah misunderstanding · kids are kawasso)
Since the name basically does not change for the whole life, let's think carefully for children.

· Reference Link
Kanji for Personal Name - Wikipedia