[Avodah] Error in baby naming

[Arie Folger]

RJR asked:
> Anyone know of any sources on implications/what to do if a
> baby girl's announced name was incorrect and it wasn't
> realized until after davening was over?

Let's make it even more interesting. Any sources in the
implications/what to do if the parents desire a different name than
the one given in shul?

Answer for both, based on an oral conversation with R' Bleich: Min
hadin, the ritual baby naming in shul carries almost no weight. As
long as 30 days have not passed since the baby naming, the name is not
mu'hzaq, and can be changed by simply announcing that the name is
<insert the new name>, either in the paper, in another mi sheberakh,
in a letter [or a mass email, why not]. However, if this be a whim of
the parents, that they want to change the name, it is to be
discouraged. Names are not things to play around with.

Kol tuv,
-- 
Arie Folger,
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