The coming into life or being born; nativity; origin.
Ancestry or descent; lineage.
Issue; offspring; the giving birth to offspring.
My father was a gentleman by birth, madam. – First Person Paramount by Ambrose Pratt
It gave quick birth to another. – The Light That Lures by Percy Brebner
A child who has been borne by the waves far from the home of her birth. РUndine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqu̩e