Changing middle name at age 3?

[almostmumto3]

My daughter has just turned 3 and since birth I've never been 100% on her middle name. It's not the actual name I don't like, I just don't like the way it flows with her first name.
I've recently married so need to re register her apparently.
Wondering if it would be crazy to change her middle name from Emily to Emilia?
It just flows so much better.
I know middle names hardly get used (&I'm not sure she's even aware of what hers is) but it bugs me.

Would you change it or leave it at this stage?

If it's easy to do with the re-registering then I'd go for it. Will you get a new birth certificate / something with her new name? I had issues when I moved to secondary school as they lost some paperwork and I ended up starting g with them having my old surname on record instead of my new one (changed when I was 7). But a middle name shouldn't be too much of an issue

I think it's your choice. While she's still young enough to not be too fazed or have an opinion on it, go for it!
She might get to 18 and change her name to something completely different anyhow

Yes, go for it, she's very young, and the names are very similar.

Go for it if it bothers you. It's hardly a radical change. At age 3 I doubt she knows or cares what her middle name is.

Yes go ahead. I added a second middle name to my daughter's at age 7 by deed poll because it always bugged me that I hadn't at birth. She loves the story now she's an adult.

I'm actually thinking about doing exactly this... We chickened out of the middle name we wanted to use (Mavis) and went for the ubiquitous May instead. We both really regret it and have been thinking of changing it, so it's nice to read such positive responses to your question, OP!

Change it for sure

A dissenting voice to say no. It's not your name to change, it's hers and it is disrespectful to her identity as an individual to change it just because you have changed your mind. I always say the same on these threads. Parents have a duty to name their child when he/she is nameless but that does not mean the parents can then change the name. I would hate if my parents had changed my name like that - and I don't particularly like my name! Your reason for changing it sounds so flighty and thoughtless to me, like it took you all this time to bother saying her name in full and realising you didn't like it.

Funnily enough, changing surname / family name doesn't bother me at all but I think forenames are not for tinkering with.

I am also a dissenting voice. Agree with sycamore that it's no longer your choice, it's hers. It's irrelevant that you think Emilia "goes better" than Emily. Your DD in the future may disagree, or she may choose to change her name entirely, or she may like Emilia more, at which point she can choose to change it. It's your gripe about something which is no longer yours to gripe about.

Are you getting married to her father? You don't have to register her again it's up to you.

Hi what did you choose to do? I’m currently in the same position 😓

How would it be down? Through the register office or deed poll?

Done**

You can do it via deed poll but you need you and dad to agree to it.

I wouldn’t bother tbh. Middle names don’t matter a jot.