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Certified Ukrainian Name Change Document Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record a change of name in Ukraine, including the marginal annotations and registry endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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Flat rate per page, up to 250 words. No hidden fees.
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DRATsS, and from sixteen
A change of name in Ukraine is made administratively through the DRATsS — the state registration of civil status acts body — and is available from the age of sixteen, with parental consent required for minors.
The office issues a certificate of change of name as a document in its own right, and also annotates the birth record. Both may be in a packet and they are different documents.
The patronymic is a third name
Ukrainian names have three elements: given name, по батькові (patronymic, formed from the father's given name), and surname. The patronymic is not a middle name, and a US two-field form loses it.
A change of name may alter any of the three, and the translation states which element changed rather than presenting a new full name as a wholesale replacement.
Transliteration changed in 2010
Ukraine adopted an official Latin transliteration in 2010, and it differs from the Russian-derived spellings used earlier — Сергій became Serhii where it had been Sergey, Kyiv replaced Kiev.
So a Ukrainian who left before 2010 and returned to renew a passport has a genuinely different Latin spelling with no legal change of name behind it. That distinction is frequently the whole point of the packet, and we state it.
Wartime documents, and duplicates
Since 2022 many Ukrainians have obtained duplicate civil records, records restored from the central register after local offices became inaccessible, and registrations made at consulates abroad. All are lawful and all look different from a peacetime original.
We name the issuing office exactly, including a consulate, and describe the document as the duplicate or restoration it says it is. See our Ukrainian page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, so the reader can see that the change was recorded against the original entry rather than written into a fresh document. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a separate name-change certificate?
Yes. DRATsS issues one as a document in its own right, in addition to annotating the birth record.
What is the middle name on my document?
A patronymic formed from your father's given name. Not a middle name.
Why is my name spelled differently since 2010?
Ukraine adopted an official Latin transliteration that year. The spelling changed; the name did not, and we say so.
My document is a duplicate issued in 2023.
Lawful and common. We name the issuing office and describe the document as the duplicate it says it is.
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Upload the order, the resolution or the annotated certificate and receive the certified translation, typically within 24 hours.