How many you

Proud adoptive mom 6.11.09

have adopted or plan to adopt and have changed your child's birth name?

Dr.Loretta

We did. DD's birthmom gave her a name just for hospital and SS records, but was aware we would likely change it. We discussed our name with her and she (fortunately) loved it.

hersheykiss

K's adoptive parents changed her name. I gave her one name in the hospital, even filled out the SS forms. When the adoption became final they legally changed her name and got a new SS. I knew they were going to call K a different name and I was ok with it. They are her parents and get to name & call her anything they wish, it is their right. She is always my K and will always be their J.

Art Teacher

We changed her first name and kept her middle name.  Her birthmom had asked us what name(s) we liked.  She liked the one that we like the most (Zoe).  She suggested the middle name because it's her/her mom's middle name.  We liked it and decided to use it.

In the hospital, dd's birthmom gave dd a different first name.  We changed it to the name we had talked about when we finalized her adoption.

Patches08

Amom, Adad and I agreed on a name while I was still pregnant (both first and middle name) and that's what I used in the hospital and she is still Mckenzie to this day :-) Her middle name was the same as my middle name but I changed my middle name to my maiden name when I got married.

Amy720

Birthmom put a name on the birth certificate and we completely changed it.  We never met birth mother so we never discussed it.

sabrina69barnes

My AP didn't find out what my BM named me until I was almost a year old and even then it was by accident that they found out. My AM really likes the name my BM picked out and said she would have kept it if she had know.

My DH adopted my DS when he was 4. We obviously kept his first name the same but we added DH's middle name as an extra middle name for DS and gave him DH's last name.

Jermysgirl

DD didn't have a name.  But even if she'd had a name, we would have changed it.   

mommytoconnor

I adopted and changed his name.  He was a year old and it was thru foster care, so part of it was for safety reasons.

g00dg0llymsm0lly

I'm adopted, and my parents changed my name as soon as they had a chance; I must say, knowing my "original" name now I am SO grateful they did, lol.

jennykg1477

fredalina:

Ours was fost/adopt and we changed her name. It wasn't just a name I would never choose, it was a name I had actively mocked in the past lol. Literally every person in the agency asked if we were changing it, even before the plan was officially adoption (they asked like, "If you were to get to adopt, would you change the name?"). Except one woman who said, "That's my granddaughger's name. I hate it! You'll change it, right?"she'll. Lol.

I am so curious about what your DD's original name was now!

Patches08

jennykg1477:

fredalina:

Ours was fost/adopt and we changed her name. It wasn't just a name I would never choose, it was a name I had actively mocked in the past lol. Literally every person in the agency asked if we were changing it, even before the plan was officially adoption (they asked like, "If you were to get to adopt, would you change the name?"). Except one woman who said, "That's my granddaughger's name. I hate it! You'll change it, right?"she'll. Lol.

I am so curious about what your DD's original name was now!

Me too, lol!

Sally J

We changed DD's name when she came home.  TPR was done a few months after and finalization and making her new name legal didn't happen until almost a year after she came home.