Changing 12 month olds name

[Rivan424]

Here's the thing, I had a name picked out for my son that I had always planned to call him. After giving birth, I found out no one in my family approved of the name and in a horrid mixture of pregnancy hormones and anxiety, I instead chose a random name that the doctor suggested. I am a single mother with no father figure in my child's life, so probably cared far too much about the opinions of my family members.

I have regretted this decision ever since and hate telling people his current name. I've decide after much heart ache and soul searching to change his name to what I truly wanted to call him, the name I feel suits him better than his current name. The only thing is that because he's at the 12 month mark, if I change his name now it will forever show on his birth certificate and I will have to explain to him as an adult how I misnamed him as a child.

Has anyone else been through this and has it affected their child later in life to have a different name the birth cert and the actual name a post script at the bottom?

We changed our daughters name at 14 months and haven't looked back, I am so relieved and happy that we did it. I was also very worried about peoples reactions but no one cared in the slightest. Her old name is now a distant memory, even though she is now only 21 months.

I also had my named changed- middle name swapped to first name and it's always been on my birth certificate. In the end I had it changed by deed poll. I've never thought of it as an embarrassment and it's just a story to tell.

I really urge you to just get on and do it. Until 18 months apparently a baby has no real identity with their name so you can get away with it until then.

Not that it matters, of course, but you need to know that Jarrah is also a name in Arabic. Not sure whether that will have any significance where you live but it’s worth knowing.

I am the complete opposite of what people are saying, i love the name Ezra and as an aussie the name Jarrah ( all i can hear is that name yelled out with a really bad movie aussie accent) makes me flare my nose. But i am the opinion of, name your kid whatever you want, but remember he has to live with it and that name when he is older, not so cute. I was in the shops the other day and a woman was calling her kids like a banshee Kenya, NIgeria, Sahara all throughout the store and these three red heads come running down the aisle...please think before you call your kid a certain name, because some sound ridiculous