Misspelled name on birth certificate

[Anonymous]

Call them. My child's was messed up and they fixed it no issue.

[Anonymous]

Just don't make a mistake on your kids social security card. The geniuses at the local SS office insisted that the misspelling on the kids SS card legally changed DC's name and that we had to get a go through a legal name change in the Virginia courts to change the SS card to the name on the birth certificate.

It took over a year after several SS office visits, escalating to the upper mgrs at SS and hiring a lawyer to get them to fix the SS card name. SS is the worst.

[Anonymous]

How does this process work in hospitals? Do you verbally tell someone or fill out a handwritten form or type it into a computer yourself? And then who handles it? Curious where the errors are occurring.

[Anonymous]

My name was wrong on my son's BC (in NJ). They fixed it, but I was annoyed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just got our daughter's birth certificate, and my husband's name is (kind of hilariously) misspelled. Clearly a typo/person didn't care.

Has anyone ever dealt with getting it fixed? Just getting the birth certificate was an ordeal, so now I'm dreading getting it changed.

Laugh but get it corrected immediately. Otherwise, it will be pure hell when travelling, for school, etc.

[Anonymous]

WHen my DH was listed as Brain instead of Brian, I had them fix their mistake!

[Anonymous]

Curious, for those who had an error corrected in DC-- did they actually issue a birth certificate with everything spelled correctly, or just one with footnote corrections, as a PP mentioned?

My first name was misspelled on my son's BC, and all I could get was the "footnote" correction. (Admittedly, I gave up and accepted the footnote version after 1 trip to the hospital birth registrar and 2 trips to DC Vital Records. With a newborn and toddler, I couldn't handle any more trips anywhere!) This was years ago, so I'm wondering if they do it any differently now.

FWIW, I've never encountered any problems using the footnote version (but I still find it annoying that the mistake remains on the BC!).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My last passport listed me as a male. And my first name is Elizabeth. Just saying.

Yes, but as odd as it may seem there are boys named Elizabeth out there. According to this thread in 1989 there were 141 boys named Elizabeth but only 8 named so in 2010. But there still seem to be quite a few boys named Elizabeth out there. Like the posters over there, I'm curious what nicknames the boys go by? Eli? I kind of like Zab as a male nickname.

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/6970939/boys-named-elizabeth

Well, the other tip off was that I checked the box that said "Female."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does this process work in hospitals? Do you verbally tell someone or fill out a handwritten form or type it into a computer yourself? And then who handles it? Curious where the errors are occurring.

Still wondering about this-- so there's a birth registrar?

[Anonymous]

My son's had my maiden name as my middle name and my last name, like Mary Smith Smith. It was easy to fix, but I did have to go in person and wait in line.

[Anonymous]

My maiden name is also misspelled on my son’s birth certificate in DC. You have to go in person and I didn’t want to take an infant so I never fixed it. He is seven now so I should get on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does this process work in hospitals? Do you verbally tell someone or fill out a handwritten form or type it into a computer yourself? And then who handles it? Curious where the errors are occurring.

Still wondering about this-- so there's a birth registrar?

Handwritten paperwork in the hospital (which you may be filling out while not really in your right mind, lol); then they sign off on it as a legit birth, and send it in for you. The data entry people at the bureau of vital statistics (or whatever your locality calls it) enter what you put on the form, so there are several opportunities for human error along the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does this process work in hospitals? Do you verbally tell someone or fill out a handwritten form or type it into a computer yourself? And then who handles it? Curious where the errors are occurring.

Still wondering about this-- so there's a birth registrar?

Handwritten paperwork in the hospital (which you may be filling out while not really in your right mind, lol); then they sign off on it as a legit birth, and send it in for you. The data entry people at the bureau of vital statistics (or whatever your locality calls it) enter what you put on the form, so there are several opportunities for human error along the way.

I gave birth at GW in January and this was the process — however the person submitting things actually called me a couple days later to confirm the spelling of my and my daughter’s names (not English/common American names). PP poster is definitely right about my state of mind filling out that paperwork though — there could be any number of mistakes given how woozy I was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does this process work in hospitals? Do you verbally tell someone or fill out a handwritten form or type it into a computer yourself? And then who handles it? Curious where the errors are occurring.

Still wondering about this-- so there's a birth registrar?

Handwritten paperwork in the hospital (which you may be filling out while not really in your right mind, lol); then they sign off on it as a legit birth, and send it in for you. The data entry people at the bureau of vital statistics (or whatever your locality calls it) enter what you put on the form, so there are several opportunities for human error along the way.

I gave birth at GW in January and this was the process — however the person submitting things actually called me a couple days later to confirm the spelling of my and my daughter’s names (not English/common American names). PP poster is definitely right about my state of mind filling out that paperwork though — there could be any number of mistakes given how woozy I was.

Interesting! I'm the PP who was asking and suddenly can't remember how this was handled with my midwives (I gave birth at home). I think they filled it out on their computer (or I did?) and I think they may have also emailed me with all the typed info for my final approval, so a little less room for error than handwriting it and having someone transcribe it. They should hand out iPads or something in the hospital so you can fill things out directly! And then maybe have you look at it again the next day when you're a bit more with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just don't make a mistake on your kids social security card. The geniuses at the local SS office insisted that the misspelling on the kids SS card legally changed DC's name and that we had to get a go through a legal name change in the Virginia courts to change the SS card to the name on the birth certificate.

It took over a year after several SS office visits, escalating to the upper mgrs at SS and hiring a lawyer to get them to fix the SS card name. SS is the worst.

My Ss had my middle name misspelled so it never matched anything else (birth certificate, DL, passport ). Think Biane instead of Diane on everything else.