Changing your child's name

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June 2007

Read this factsheet below or download the PDF.

Some parents, for various reasons, decide that they want to change their child's name. Whatever the reason, it is important for you to know the possible implications of doing this and the correct procedure to follow, in order for the name change to be legal and accepted both officially and in general day-to-day life.

Can I change my child's name?

How will your child feel?

Do you need permission to make the change?

Showing evidence of a name change

Changing a child's name on a birth certificate

changing-your-childs-name (PDF 79KB)

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