Swiss Civil Code

¹ In the case of joint ad­op­tion and ad­op­tion by a single per­son, the minor may be giv­en a new first name if there are good reas­ons for do­ing so. Pri­or to this, the child is heard in per­son in an ap­pro­pri­ate man­ner by the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity or by a third party ap­poin­ted for this pur­pose, un­less this is in­ad­vis­able due to the child's age or for oth­er good cause. If the child is at least twelve years of age, a change of name re­quires his or her con­sent.

² The name of the child is de­term­ined in ac­cord­ance with the pro­vi­sions gov­ern­ing the leg­al ef­fects of the par­ent-child re­la­tion­ship. These ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis to the ad­op­tion of the child by the re­gistered part­ner of its moth­er or fath­er.

³ The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity may au­thor­ise an adult to be ad­op­ted to con­tin­ue us­ing his or her ex­ist­ing name if there are good reas­ons for do­ing so.

⁴ The change of name of an adult to be adopted does not affect the naming of persons whose name is derived from the previous name of the person to be adopted, unless they expressly agree to a change of name.