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    Feb 10, 2007, 10:11 AM
    Changing an adopted child's first name?
    Hi me and my husband are just about to start the adoption process we are looking to adopt a young child in nottingham we have got our first meeting on the 20th we have a few questions to ask but one question we want to ask but don't want to feel silly so please can you tell us. We would like to know if we could change the child's first name we are looking to adopt an under 2 and we know they take our surname but could we have their first name changed? :)
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    Feb 10, 2007, 06:22 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by smileybabe
    hi me and my husband are just about to start the adoption process we are looking to adopt a young child in nottingham we have got our first meeting on the 20th we have a few questions to ask but one question we want to ask but dont want to feel silly so please can you tell us. we would like to know if we could change the child's first name we are looking to adopt an under 2 and we know thay take our surname but could we have their first name changed? :)
    Hey, I was adopted from birth, well acherly I was in foster care. I had my name changed. I mean totally changed. I think the child has to be under a certain age in order for you to name change though, its not a silly question to ask. Everyone asked questions they thing maybe silly but I'm sure social services have heard it all before. I didn't know I had my name changed until I received my adoption file last year an I'm 24 now, that was a bit disturbin...
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    Feb 10, 2007, 06:38 PM
    You probably can change their name. Whether it's a good idea to do so is less clear.

    If they respond to their current name, you really don't want to. They'll already have some sense of self associated with that name, and you don't want to disturb that... at best, they'll be confused and have a hard time adjusting to the change.
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    Feb 10, 2007, 07:18 PM
    At least here in the US you can, I do not know that I totally agree with it, since even by 2 they "know" their name, while they can relearn a new name, adoption is a lot of stress already for the child, getting a new home, new parents, a new first name is at least to me, un-needed added stress for the child.

    And I am adopted, my real first name was Charles ( I go by Chuck)
    My parents wanted to change my first name to IVAN, so I guess I am basis and glad they did not.
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