[tothebeach]

When we named my son, we decided to use the 'easier' spelling of his name. In retrospect, I would have prefered the more traditional spelling of his name as the alternative is more common as the female variant of the name. It simply means transposing an 'a' and 'e'. We'd like to change his name before he goes to school and has to learn to spell it.

DH is happy with this, but we are worried that this will cause issues in the future as he will need to show change of name certificates.

Has anyone had an experience in this? Do you know whether this constitutes a formal change of name?

ETA: We are in NSW

This post has been edited by tothebeach: 26/11/2012, 02:11 AM

[bakesgirls]

My mother initially spelled my name 'incorrectly' on my birth certificate. It was corrected, but still to this day, it constitutes a formal change of name.

I wish it was just left as it was. It made no difference to how my name is pronounced, it's just more hassle for me now. I say just leave it how it is.

ETA- my birth certificate was from WA, the name change was done from NSW.

This post has been edited by bakesgirls: 26/11/2012, 01:53 AM

[ironbutterfly]

In WA BD&M issue a new birth cert with a reference to name change on it, the original name is placed at the bottom with the date it was changed. I've never been asked for the name change document either. However in saying this my daughter was born in WA and her registration of name change was also in WA.

ETA my daughters name change was adding her Chinese name to her name and I keep her name change doc with her birth cert but have never needed it.

This post has been edited by ironbutterfly: 26/11/2012, 01:46 AM

[SMOKER]

I am in WA and they didn't make reference to my name change on my new birth certificate?? (done in 2010) When I changed my name the form asked if I wanted a birth certificate, thinking that I was going to get one with the name change on it I ordered one only for it to arrive and not be any different to my original.

I just keep my name change document with my birth certificate no big deal really.

[emlis22]

My mother changed my spelling at about the same age. I've never had it legally changed; so my passport, drivers lisence etc are in the name that's on my birth certificate. The 'new' spelling is my professional name, the name on my Uni degree, and even my bank accounts.

I was in prep at the time and my Mum just told my teachers - it was all totally fine.

[Sif]

I changed my name and then got my birth certificate reissued - birth certificate was from NSW, name change in Victoria... New birth certificate has name change certified at the bottom, so I only ever need to produce one document and it is all on that one document.

HTH

ETA: Birth certificate is in my new name with old names (old maiden and married names) listed at the bottom to show I was also those people... I also had three different degrees in three different names, LOL, and had them all changed to one name - I find everyone is very helpful in this area...

This post has been edited by Sif: 26/11/2012, 08:38 AM

[lsolaBella]

Our NSW name change was a reissued birth certificate which noted the previous name at the bottom.

We just added an 'I' to the end of a name.

Eta although that is my legal name I just go by the non I name in everyday life.


This post has been edited by lsolaBella: 26/11/2012, 08:38 AM

[liveworkplay]

I can't really see the point if you are just changing the spelling. Good lesson though, for those who want "different" spellings of common names.

[tothebeach]

I can't really see the point if you are just changing the spelling. Good lesson though, for those who want "different" spellings of common names.

The spelling we chose is a legitimate spelling of the name - not different at all. There are 3 acceptable versions of the name - none of which are common. In the last couple of years, we have noticed that though it is a male name, it is being used by females with the spelling that we have. So, we want to change it to the spelling more closely associated with a boy. I feel that in an online world with email as a primary means of communication, that I don't want people to see him as a girl.

This post has been edited by tothebeach: 26/11/2012, 10:54 AM

[pinkblue]

What's his name?