What's In A Name?

[HHTel]

WL,

Was the problem that you couldn't register 3 names on the birth certificate or was it that after the mistake had been made, you couldn't change it. Both my kids have middle names and it's shown as such on their Thai birth certificates. One was done at the embassy in London and the other one done here. No problem.

[Wanderlust]

HHTel,
Having one middle name was not a problem, it was the fact that there were two caused a problem; why the hospital who registered the birth did not contact us when they went to do it I have no idea, but once it had been done it can not be undone, unless our little girl has her name changed to an only Thai first name from a book of names at the tessaban and, as far as i know, no middle name. The whole reason we wanted two middle names was so that she could have her own unique first name, but then a connection to both our families with her middle names, which is a kind of tradition in my family (my middle name is my Dad's first name, his middle name is his Dad's first name etc, and one of my sister's middle names is my Mum's middle name, so we chose my Mum's first name as one of our daughter's middle names, plus a Thai name). With our recent arrival she has just a first and one middle name, and (so far) no problem. We only discovered the problem with Emily when we went to get her Thai passport, so we will find out then if the hospital did it right this time...

[Guess]

................why the hospital who registered the birth did not contact us when they went to do it I have no idea.........

The answer to that will explain many things. I can only guess that by asking it is seen to show incompetence or inferiority. I find the lack of willing to question is a down side in the local cultures.

In most cultures in the world questioning is ranked alongside reading as a willing to learn and a sign of intelligence. IMHO that's how it should be.