I want to add my last name into my child's name, not hyphenated. It's a cultural thing. How do I do it?

Question

It's traditional in my culture to include the mother's maiden name as part of the child's name. For example--Joe Michael Smith (mom's name) Jones (dad's name). But I didn't do this. How do I start to get my son's name changed in California?

Answer 1

Call or go to your local City Hall. They will tell you what is needed.

Answer 2

A name change, exactly the same as if you were changing your name from Lisa Simpson to Henrietta Willendorf.

You may want to reconsider using a hyphen, though, for otherwise it will cause confusion. Or, at least use 'y' between the surnames, because Joe Michael Smith Jones is always going to look like his surname is Jones and Smith is a given name, while Joe Michael Smith-Jones or Smith y Jones will look more "surnamey".

Answer 3

Make an appointment for your child's name change with the superior court of the county where you and your child live. California charges $39.95 to make a name change for either an adult or minor without legal help, but it charges $79.95 for a paralegal to do so.

Readers are perhaps familiar with the fact that it's an old Southern custom to use the mother's maiden name as a child's middle name. My maternal grandmother, for example, gave my mother her maiden name as a middle name while my oldest uncle on my dad's side of the family actually went by a shortened version of his mother's maiden name, which was also his middle name perhaps because she gave him both her father's first and last name. My dad, the third son, was the child named after his father (a custom that in generations' past was also Scottish).

Answer 4

properly custom is that the little ones take the fathers call properly it is what happened with me as i've got been given my dads hyphenated call. yet some human beings have a tendency to make a mix of the names. i think of we would desire to consistently follow custom and think of of the youngsters as quickly as we initiate making up names. merely take the fathers call!!!!!

Answer 5

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