We're foster parents of a 2 yr old girl. There is a permanent custody hearing this month so adoption is a definite possibility. We have discussed the name change. Our current plan is we will keep her current first name as a middle name. We'll probably start calling her a combination of the new and old names after adoption. Reasons we have for changing her name. Her current middle name is unusual and spelled incorrectly and we don't like it's meaning/connotations. Her current first name is not common so we'd prefer it to be her middle name since we live in a rural area and it would give her some privacy from anyone who know her before adoption. The adoption will still be somewhat open since we live in such a small area that we run into the birth parents at Walmart etc. Another reason is we're Catholic and we would like her to have a saint's name as part of her name so that's what we're picking for her first name. Also we really would like at least a partial name change to celebrate her becoming part of the family.
If she were older I'd only change things if the child agreed. |