birth certificate

noun

1. an official form recording the birth of a baby and containing pertinent data, as name, sex, date, place, and parents.

birth certificate

noun

1. an official form giving details of the time and place of a person's birth, and his or her name, sex, mother's name and (usually) father's name

Word History and Origins

Origin of birth certificate¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

He dropped out of school at 15, lied about his age with a false birth certificate and joined the Army.

From Washington Post

If no other parent is legally involved, the traveling adult should pack relevant paperwork such as sole legal custody documentation, a death certificate or the birth certificate listing only one parent.

From Washington Post

Our family records were a Bible full of photos and birth certificates.

From Washington Post

Plus, getting the requisite documents in order—driver’s license, Social Security card, birth certificate—isn’t simple even under normal circumstances.

From Popular-Science

Besides genetic information, Portugal provided a copy of her birth certificate, which lists Vandenberg as the attending physician at her birth.

From Voice of San Diego

My birth certificate was modified, I changed my name, and when I was sixteen I emancipated from my grandparents and my father.

From The Daily Beast

She continued on to Maine and secured a birth certificate in the name of Julia Wadsworth.

From The Daily Beast

Miller was able to use the Maine birth certificate to secure an Ohio identity card as Julia Wadsworth.

From The Daily Beast

While in the House, he was something of a birth-certificate “truther.”

From The Daily Beast

This was a short time after Obama released his birth certificate and when Trump was feigning a run for president.

From The Daily Beast

Does a birth-certificate, a marriage-contract or an inventory of wealth represent a person?

From Project Gutenberg

By the way, you can easily put your hand on your birth certificate, as well as the death certificate of your father, I suppose?

From Project Gutenberg

The young arrival a few days later was described on his birth-certificate as "John Washington."

From Project Gutenberg

Nobody carries about with him birth certificate or memoranda of identification and relationship.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not for nothing that I begin with this flourish of my birth certificate and public confession of love.

From Project Gutenberg