Registering a birth

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

My baby is due in July which is stil quite some time off but i've started worrying about what will happen when I register the birth.

I am divorced but still have my married name & my 3 children all have my ex husbands surname too.

When I register the birth will I be able to give the baby my current surname even though I am no longer married or will I have to give it my maiden name even though that isn't my name anymore?

I hope my question makes sense.

mummyroysof3

Hi im not sure but i think you can give the baby the same surname as you, would be nice if you can all have the same one x

rachbc

You can give it your name yes.

gone4gold62

think you can give it your current name ,but

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should think you first ex wouldnt be too pleased .!

DaisyFlower

If its your legal name following marriage it will be fine, presuming of course the baby is your ex's. If its not, then morally you may need to ask him if you can use the name.

flutterby_lil

You can call your baby whatever name you want.

mummyroysof3

oops i didnt think about it being your ex hubbys name when i replied, how will he feel about that? how will the babies dad feel about it?

shellsuit

What does your OH have to say about it?

He's the one you should be asking, not us.

Don't mean that to sound nasty by the way, just that what you are asking would crush some men and they wouldn't even hear of it. (giving your OH's baby another man's name I mean)


Can't the baby have Daddys name?

heretolearn_2

Citzens advice link on surnames. You can give the child any surname you like, it doesn't even have to be the same as either of the parents if you don't want. So you can definitely give the child the same surname as the rest of you.

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_family/family/birth_certificates.htm#naming_the_child_on_a_birth_certificate

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

I'm not with the baby's father so wouldn't be able to give it his name unless of course he came with me to register the birth.

I'd rather we all had the same name tbh, my eldest 2 kids are not my ex husbands kids but they still have his name.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

heretolearn wrote: »

Citzens advice link on surnames. You can give the child any surname you like, it doesn't even have to be the same as either of the parents if you don't want. So you can definitely give the child the same surname as the rest of you.

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_family/family/birth_certificates.htm#naming_the_child_on_a_birth_certificate

Thanks for the link.

When I had my second son his dad had walked out 4 weeks previously so I wasn't allowed to give him his dads surname even though his older brother had it.

Consequently when I got married I changed their names to my marital name as I hated them having different surnames.