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

"It surprised me to hear that so many people around the world love me," Ms Chola says - who does not know her exact age because she does not have a birth certificate.

From BBC

“All of our family memories,” she said, “all of our possessions, Social Security cards, death certificates, birth certificates, my husband’s father’s ashes, my father’s ashes and my mother’s ashes.”

From Los Angeles Times

“All of our family memories, all of our possessions, Social Security cards, death certificates, birth certificates, my husband’s father’s ashes, my father’s ashes and my mother’s ashes.”

From Los Angeles Times

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