Newborn not named before leaving hospital in Virginia,USA

[sivaramanm]

We live in Virginia and expecting a baby next month. Looks like its advisable to have the baby named before leaving the hospital so that "birth certificate" procedures will be initiated/taken care by the hospital authorities.

But we wanted to have the baby named from our "Guru" and this process is going to take a minimum of three to four weeks[after providing the Place and Date of birth]. So in this case - if we don't have a name before leaving the hospital - [Spoke to Virginia Vital Health Dept] we were told that initially baby will be named after father's last name and then will be "name changed" or "amended" with its original name.

My questions are:
1. Does anyone come across this situation of not having a baby named before leaving the hospital? If so what's the process followed after that [until getting birth certificate]?
2. In this case, is there any other way we can avoid the "name changed/amended"? [As the child have to keep repeating this "name change" information for the rest of the life where ever being asked]

P.S. I know these are state-specific laws and could vary with each state. Though any virginia-specific suggestions would help but still welcome any non-virginia based experiences also.

[immihelp]

Simple advice.

Name the baby BEFORE leaving the hospital.

Either tell the "guru" to hurry up or have your child suffer rest of his life with this problem.

This is America and you need to follow its rules/customs. It is not worth having this trouble.

And take all this service advice in good spirit. I have no intention to make fun of any practices but you have to be practical if you decide to have your baby born in the US.

[sivaramanm]

Thanks a lot for your response.

I see your concern of being practical (in a right sense).

But at the same time somebody will take the extra hardship if and only when they see something worthwhile is going to happen because of that effort. It may be very trivial but there is a whole lot of science behind naming a baby!

Simple advice.

Name the baby BEFORE leaving the hospital.

Either tell the "guru" to hurry up or have your child suffer rest of his life with this problem.

This is America and you need to follow its rules/customs. It is not worth having this trouble.

And take all this service advice in good spirit. I have no intention to make fun of any practices but you have to be practical if you decide to have your baby born in the US.