Verdict of the Amsterdam court of June 3, 2020

The requesters have two daughters, who are almost finished with their vocational education.

Over the years, it has become evident that both daughters of the requesters suffer from the fact that their first names bear great similarities. The names appear almost identical to each other. Additionally, both daughters have the same initials, often leading to confusion with mail, as it is not clear to whom it is addressed. In the past, the requesters and their daughters have already experienced inconvenience from this, but this inconvenience intensified when their daughters started attending vocational education.

Partly because their daughters are getting older and it is justified to expect that they will continue to suffer from the aforementioned confusion in the future, the requesters wish, through this request, to change the first names of their eldest daughter, in the sense that she gets an additional first name.

Given the aforementioned facts and circumstances, the requesters are of the opinion that the nature of the experienced inconvenience is sufficient to speak of a significant interest in the sense of the law. It is important that their eldest daughter will only carry an additional first name, so the interest of society in a consistent handling of names must be deemed of limited weight; the requesters believe that the societal interest in the requested name change is even served in this case.

The court agrees with the requesters that they meet the conditions for a first name change. It grants the request.