ArabicArabic words for a birth certificate
The standard term is شهادة ميلاد, written شهادة الميلاد with the article. Some countries also use شهادة ولادة (shahādat wilāda), from ولادة, "birth".
Some countries issue a civil registry extract as well as, or instead of, a certificate: in Lebanon an individual civil registry extract (إخراج قيد فردي, ikhrāj qayd fardī); in Egypt the computerised birth certificate (شهادة ميلاد مميكنة, shahādat mīlād mumaykana) printed by the civil registry.
- Full name of the child (الاسم), often in four parts: given name, father, grandfather and family name
- Date of birth (تاريخ الميلاد), sometimes in both Hijri and Gregorian dates
- Place of birth (محل الميلاد)
- Sex (الجنس), nationality (الجنسية) and, on some certificates, religion (الديانة)
- Names of the father and mother (اسم الأب، اسم الأم)
- Registration number and date, issuing office, stamps and signatures
Birth certificate terms in Arabic
| English | Arabic | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| Birth certificate | شهادة ميلاد / شهادة الميلاد | shahādat mīlād |
| Birth certificate (alternative term) | شهادة ولادة | shahādat wilāda |
| Computerised birth certificate (Egypt) | شهادة ميلاد مميكنة | shahādat mīlād mumaykana |
| Individual civil registry extract (Lebanon) | إخراج قيد فردي | ikhrāj qayd fardī |
| Date of birth | تاريخ الميلاد | tārīkh al-mīlād |
| Place of birth | محل الميلاد | maḥall al-mīlād |
| Mother's name | اسم الأم | ism al-umm |
| Civil registry | السجل المدني | al-sijill al-madanī |
Translating an Arabic birth certificate for use in Australia
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Last updated 5 November 2026