Judgment of the District Court of The Hague dated June 17, 2021
The applicants have recently become parents of a daughter. At the birth registration of their daughter, they deliberately chose the name Else.*
After the birth of their daughter, the applicants realized that they had not named their daughter after someone, but that was what they actually wanted. In particular, the male applicant regrets this because he wanted to name the minor after his late father. The applicants would consider it a nice gesture to name their daughter after him. On the other hand, the minor has a connection with her grandfather through her name.
As a result, the wish to rename their daughter arose with the applicants after her birth. The applicants considered this naming important for the following reasons:
- The applicants considered this important in connection with their daughter’s line of descent;
- In a sense, there was a mistake in the birth registration because the applicants (in hindsight) wanted to name their daughter after all.
The court finds that the applicants have demonstrated a sufficiently weighty interest in the request for a name change. The request is granted.
*Real first name is fictitious.
