Couple fuming with daughter's birth certificate error

The pair planned to name their first-born daughter in honour of Patsy Gallacher, who is the baby's great-great-grandfather. 

The late Hoops hero played for Celtic from 1911 to 1925 and scored 186 goals for the club. 

But due to a mistake in registering her birth with the council, the couple's daughter was instead named Pasty, the Scottish Sun reports.

The baby's mother said: “I thought it must be a wind-up. But then I dug out the birth certificate and just thought. ‘Oh my God.’

“It’s made me so angry.

"You trust these people to get things like this right.

"We spent such a long time picking the name as a tribute and it feels like a slap in the face.”

The couple, of Clydebank, welcomed their daughter arrived in March 2023.

She phoned West Dunbartonshire Council to register her baby's name because their in-person services had not fully reopened after the pandemic.

But the family only realised the error after the National Records of Scotland published its annual list of unusual baby names.

She said: “I had triple-checked the spelling with them over the phone.

"I wanted to make sure they got it right.

“The mistake was just carelessness.

"I called up the council to complain but it took hours to get any response.

"Finally they apologised.

“They came over that day with flowers and a new birth certificate.

“But I don’t think they understand the upset they caused us.

"What kind of little girl is called Pasty?”

The baby's father added: “Patsy Gallacher was my mum’s grandad.

"We’re very proud of him. And her gran Patricia was also called Patsy.

"Giving our baby that name seemed like the perfect way to honour them.

“This took the shine off it a bit. It was just so unbelievable.

“But when I told my pals, they couldn’t stop laughing.”

A spokesman for West Dunbartonshire Council said: “We contacted the family to apologise for the error.

"This was corrected and they received a new birth certificate.”