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

In law they are no longer the child of their birth parents – whose names are removed from their birth certificate.

From BBC

The first time I called Donald Trump a liar and said the word “lie” about what he was saying was in 2011, the very first time he opened his mouth about Barack Obama's birth certificate.

From Salon

And the lie they were referring to five years later was Donald Trump's lie about Barack Obama's birth certificate.

From Salon

Because she had been born before midnight, she discovered she was a day older than she previously thought: “My birth certificate is wrong, my passport, my driving licence - everything is wrong.”

From BBC

Last year California sued the district over the board’s approval of a parental notification rule requiring schools to alert parents if a student requested to be “identified or treated” as a gender other than their biological sex or the gender listed on their birth certificate.

From Los Angeles Times