Change surname of the child by declaration of affiliation

You can change the name of your child over 5 years old by declaration of affiliation if your name has changed.

• The declaration of the child's name change can be submitted to any registry office. The validity of the submitted name declaration is checked by the registry office that keeps the birth register for the child. From there you will receive a certificate of the name change or a new birth certificate.
• For the declaration of affiliation of a child over 5 years old to the changed name of a parent, the custodial parent and, if the child is over 14 years old, also the child must appear in person at the registry office.

You can submit the declaration of your child's name change at any registry office. The validity of the submitted name declaration is checked by the registry office that keeps the birth register for the child. From there you will receive a certificate of the name change or a new birth certificate.

Your child must join the name change if he or she is already 5 years old.

• Birth certificate child
• Identity cards or passports,
• proof of your name change.

The declaration of affiliation of a child over 5 years old to the changed name of the parents/one parent costs € 25.00 in Thuringia. A newly issued birth certificate showing the change of name costs €10.00.

The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.

Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs

30.08.2022