State Registration of Birth
Clause 20. When registering a child's birth, the child's surname is recorded using the surname of his or her parents. If the parents have different surnames, the child's surname is recorded using the surname of the father or the surname of the mother by agreement of the parents. Assigning a double surname is not permitted.
The child's name is recorded by agreement of the parents. Assigning a double name is permitted.
In the absence of an agreement between the parents regarding the child's name and/or surname (if the parents have different surnames), the disagreements that arise are resolved in court.
The child's patronymic is recorded using the father's name.
If the mother is not married to the child's father and paternity of the child has not been established, the child's name is recorded using the mother's instructions, the patronymic is recorded using the name of the person indicated by the mother as the child's father (or is not indicated), and the child's surname is recorded using the mother's surname or the name of the mother's father.
According to Kyrgyz national traditions, the child's surname can be written:
- by the father's name with the addition of "uulu" for male children and "kyzy" for female children or without such addition. In these cases, the child is not assigned a patronymic (for example: Taalaibek uulu Asan, Taalaibek kyzy Alina, Taalaibek Asan, Taalaibek Alina);
- by grandfather's name with the addition of "tegin" (for example: Baktybek tegin Asan (Alina), when adding a patronymic at the request of the parents for male children "uulu" (for example: Baktybek tegin Asan Taalaibek uulu), for female children "kyzy" (for example: Baktybek tegin Alina Taalaibek kyzy). At the request of the parents, the child's surname can be assigned by the name of the ancestors up to the seventh generation, if there are documents confirming the direct family relationship or if they are available in the archives of the authorized state body.
At the request of the parents, the child's surname can be written down by the name of the child's father or grandfather with the addition of the endings "-ov", "-ev" and "-ova", "-eva".
The names and surnames of persons of other nationalities, at their request, are indicated in accordance with their traditions.

State registration of marriage Clause 34. At the choice of the spouses, the common surname of the spouses or the premarital surname of one of the persons entering into marriage is entered in the marriage act. As a common surname, the spouses choose the surname of one of the spouses, or have the right to write down the surname of one of the spouses, formed by adding the wife's surname to the husband's surname, while the surname of the spouses may consist of no more than two surnames, connected when written with a hyphen. If the spouse, who has a surname according to national traditions, wishes to have the surname of her husband ending in -ov, then the spouse is given a surname ending in -ova, and a patronymic is added based on the name of the spouse's father (optional). Changing the surname of persons entering into marriage from the surname according to national traditions with the spelling "uulu"/"kyzy" is not permitted.