# Guide: How to register a 'real' English name for your Taiwanese child

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/guide-how-to-register-a-real-english-name-for-your-taiwanese-child/198586>\
**Category:** Dual Nationality\
**Tags:** how-to\
**Created:** [November 5, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/guide-how-to-register-a-real-english-name-for-your-taiwanese-child/198586 "2020-11-05T04:14:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![meishijia](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/meishijia/32/178949_2.png) [@meishijia](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/meishijia)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/guide-how-to-register-a-real-english-name-for-your-taiwanese-child/198586/73 "2022-04-27T06:20:06Z")

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> [@meishijia](#):
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> In my case, I asked the hospital to print an English birth certificate that showed the English romanization of my child’s name as a real English name. I then took this to the Household Registration Office and had that English name registered as the official romanization of my child’s Chinese name.
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> Not all hospitals will do this for you.
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> @Myn had a bad experience with this.

> [@Myn](#):
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> No I didn’t

No?

> [@Guide: How to apply for household registration (hukou) for a newborn](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/guide-how-to-apply-for-household-registration-hukou-for-a-newborn/198535/5):
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> I was in this situation where the hospital (NTUH) refused to provide me with an English birth certificate for my child without showing household registration first.

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