Adding my surname to my child’s name

[CatLady1987]

Hi there
When my child was born 5 years ago, I was still with their dad, so we decided it would be easier to just give them their father’s surname. We have since separated and I’m regretting not having my surname as part of my child’s name on the birth certificate. It feels really wrong that there’s no trace of my name within my child’s name. We have CO in place which means my child lives with me and has supervised contact with their father on a monthly basis. I would like to double barrel my child’s surname to include mine. Has anyone had any experience of this? Father still has PR, so I would ask for his permission but can this be changed properly via a birth certificate or would I be stuck just changing it by deed poll?

Many thanks

I have no experience of this but just wanted to say that I wish my mother had done this.

There's only a limited number of circumstances where you can change a child's surname on the birth certificate and I don't think your situation applies to any of them, unfortunately. What's the issue with doing it via deed poll?