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    Mar 18, 2009, 10:05 AM
    At birth, can you give your child another last name other than either parent?
    I want to know if it is possible to give your child at birth another last name other than either of the parents? I am in New Jersey and just wondering if this is possible.

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    Mar 18, 2009, 10:13 AM

    Like a step parent? Or just some random name you make up?
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    Mar 18, 2009, 10:21 AM

    Let me just answer...

    You can name your child nearly anything you want.

    Except for numerals or symbols, few rules in child-naming - Breaking News From New Jersey - NJ.com

    "New Jersey and some other states forbid names that incorporate obscenities or symbols, or numbers unless they're spelled out, as in "Fifty Cent." Otherwise, anything goes, says a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, which oversees the state registrar, the agency that approves birth certificates.

    According to a state administrative code: "The designation of a child's name, including the surname, is the right of the child's parents." "
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