Simple adoption confers the adopter’s name on the adopted person by adding it to the latter’s name. However, if the adopted person is over thirteen years of age, he or she must consent to this addition.
Where the adopted person and the adopter, or one of them, bear a double surname, the name conferred on the adopted person results from the addition of the adopter’s name to his or her own name, up to a limit of one name for each of them. The choice of the name to be added and the order of the two names is a matter for the adopter, who must obtain the personal consent of the adopted person aged over thirteen. In the event of disagreement or in the absence of a choice, the name given to the adopted person results from the addition in the second position of the adopter’s first name to the adopted person’s first name.
The court may, however, at the adopter’s request, order the addition of the adopted person’s first name to the adopted person’s first name.
The court may, however, at the request of the adopter, decide that the adopted person shall retain his or her original name.
At the request of the adopter, the court may change the child’s forenames. If the child is over the age of thirteen, his or her personal consent is required.