I think I want to change my baby's name...

yeah that's the correct one

What form was it? I got the not baptised one. Is that it?

I changed my daughters name on birth certificate

Thanks to her dad her name was very long

1 first name
3 middle names
2 surnames

I changed it on birth certificate at 11 months to

1 first name
1 middle name
2 surnames

I went to my local registry office to get the form, but the guy there gave me the wrong form and wrong info, I then went to the registry office where my daughter was registered who also gave me another wrong form. I ended up having to call the General register office who emailed me the correct form which I printed and filled in and luckily when I went back to register office where dd was registered this time there was a receptionist that actually knew what she was doing unlike the last 2 that I had encountered

If you have problems at register offices just contact the General register office who will send forms and will give correct info

No! East of england here. The woman said I couldn't change on a whim I said please read the back of the short cert. She then apologised but I told her that really she should know this as it was her job! Its not like I'm trying to refund a t shirt! Would you know if dd would have to answer yes to have you been known by any other name? Not too worried about that as lots of women need to do that with maiden name, just curious.

OP this thread inspired me to do the same. Bizarre but also had a woman at office tell me I couldn't do it! Hope she hasn't sent others away...

Thanks!

OP this thread inspired me to do the same. Bizarre but also had a woman at office tell me I couldn't do it! Hope she hasn't sent others away...

Thanks!

OP this thread inspired me to do the same. Bizarre but also had a woman at office tell me I couldn't do it! Hope she hasn't sent others away...

Thanks!

OP this thread inspired me to do the same. Bizarre but also had a woman at office tell me I couldn't do it! Hope she hasn't sent others away...

Thanks!

I have FOUR middle names. Growing up it was a source of conversation and even a little pride. Mildly amusing at the alter ( my husband has no mns at all) but otherwise I can honestly say it never bothered me. If anything it made me feel good that my mum thought my name was so important she gave me so many!

so pleased you've made a decision that's right for you ,your dh and your dd . it is horrible when you feel you've chosen the wrong name .
yes people will mock to begin with but people have very short memories . They will have forgotten she wa sanything other than Flora before you know it and she'll certainly never remember she was Greta .
Flora Ivy Greta Clementine while long is also extremely beautiful .
good luck with the registrar tomorrow

Change it to whatever you want. And, sod the initials. My sons are O.D.D obviously MIL pointed it out..... I don't think anyone gives a SH1T!

Flora is gorgeous.

have you tried using flora at home for a while to see how it feels . it may be that when you begin to use it , it immediately feels right or alternatively you may know it's not the one .
with Dd5 we changed her name at 9 months after 9 long months of name regret . 3 years on nobody can remember the name she was given at birth . when we first decided to change her name there was a name i loved which when we tried it on her didn't feel right for her even though i love the name . in the end we chose her 2nd mn which as soon as we used it fitted perfectly . A word of warning though the angst re her name didn't go immediately , i felt guilty for changing it ,i did feel daft and people did look at me as though i was mad . i also often questioned whether i'd chosen the right name and whether i should have changed it after all .3 years on it was the right decision and it no longer causes any concern.
like you we ended up with 2 mns which have similar sounds /endings and not the best combination of initials . if we had given her her new name at birth she wouldn't have been given these 2 mns but at the time we changed it i posted for advice on mumsnet and at the time there was a lady whose parents had changed her name when she was a few months old but in doing so they'd replaced one of her names with another mn for example having been abc she became cda , she still felt 30 years on that her parents had robbed her of one of her birth names . she still regretted their decision and wished that they had just added a new name to her original 3. she said she felt as if she'd lost part of her identity. maybe something to bear in mind when deciding whether to remove one of her initial birth names . it certainly influenced me when deciding whether we should ditch one of dd's original birth names
i like both names although marginally prefer Greta as it feels more unusual than flora .

The thread that you posted when trying to choose your DDs name was one of the first I went on when I started to visit the Baby Names section. I adored the name you finally went with and it has stuck with me all this time. So when I came into this thread and saw that you were thinking of changing it I thought 'Noooooo!'... until I saw that you were thinking of changing it to my DDs name. I still think Greta Ivy Clementine is absolutely gorgeous but I think if you aren't happy with it then change it. I also think Flora Ivy Clementine sounds best. Off to add two new middle names to DDs name

Flora is lovely. Definitely do it.

I followed/posted on a few of your threads too FRIG, and I'm really sorry you feel like you've not made the right choice.

There's no problem with changing it at 4 months. Have you tried calling her Flora for a while to see how it feels? Sounds obvious, but you'd want to make sure that it's 'the one' before changing.

As for initials and too many names? It really doesn't matter. Unless it spells something truly awful like PIGBAG or FATARSE or something. The more names the merrier as far as I'm concerned! Go nuts.

If you're getting rid of Greta as a first name, maybe you could scrap it completely and use

Flora ivy clementine

I remember your name threads. You really want to change her name and your DH is on board, so just do it. It sounds like you'll regret it if you don't.

Agree with others that Flora Ivy Greta is the best way round.