The right of a child to a name: classical and modern aspects

Abstract

Personalization and identification of a person is carried out in various ways. Among them, among one of the basic ones with deep historical roots and modern interpretation, a special place is occupied by the name, and in the legal sense - the right to a name (in a narrow and broad sense). This right, as a rule, is realized immediately after the birth of a child and involves elements of choice (by decision of the parents), the possibility of changing the name, its protection (in the interests of the child) and protection. At any of these stages, the traditional aspects of the development of relevant legal relations are inevitably accompanied by typical and atypical problems - restriction of the freedom to choose a name, abuse of the right to change it, search for mechanisms to protect and protect the right to a name (primarily in the interests of the child).