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| - | A '''pseudonym''' ([[Greek Language|Greek]] [[pseudo]] + [[-onym]]: ''[[false]] name'') is an [[artificial]], [[fictitious]] [[name]], also known as an '''alias''', used by an individual as an alternative to a person's true name. | ||
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| - | In most legal systems, a name assumed for a nonfraudulent purpose is a legal name and usable as the person's true name, which is however preferred or required for various official purposes. The most common example is when a woman assumes her husband's surname without resorting to the formal statutory process (i.e. by petitioning a court; a few American states have a statutory provision for recording a new name at marriage.) Note that in some States only the given and surnames form the legal name; middle names are not technically part of the person's legal name. A pseudonym is distinct from an ''allonym'', which is the name of another actual person, usually historical, assumed by someone in authorship of a work of art; such as when [[ghostwriting]] a book or play, or in [[parody]], or when using a ''front'' such as by [[screenwriter]]s [[blacklist]]ed in [[Hollywood]] in the [[1950s]], [[1960s]] and [[1970s]]. Someone who is ''pseudonymous'' is someone who is using a pseudonym. The opposite is [[anthroponym]], meaning a full [[legal name]] or some recognisable shortened form of it such as ''Fred Smith'' for ''Frederick John Smith'', with or without titles. | ||
| - | In some cases, the pseudonym has become the legal name of the person using it. | + | '''Legal name''' is often the [[name]] which an individual is called at birth or which appears on their [[birth certificate]] (see ''[[birth name]]'') or marriage certificate (in places that have a [[statute]] allowing a name change to be recorded at marriage). |
| - | ==Pseudonyms in print== | + | A person's legal name typically comprises their [[given name]] and a [[family name]]. The order varies according to culture and country. There are also country-by-country differences on changes of legal names by [[marriage]], see ''[[married name]]''. |
| - | When used by an [[author]], a pseudonym is also called a ''[[pen name]]'' (often referred to as the [[French language|French]] ''nom de plume''). | + | |
| - | == See also == | + | In 1991, a Swedish couple refused to give their newborn a legal name, in protest of existing naming laws. In 1996, when fined after leaving their child legally nameless for five years, they submitted the child's name as [[Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116]]. |
| - | *[[Anonymity in publishing]] | + | |
| - | *[[Moniker]] | + | |
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Legal name is often the name which an individual is called at birth or which appears on their birth certificate (see birth name) or marriage certificate (in places that have a statute allowing a name change to be recorded at marriage).
A person's legal name typically comprises their given name and a family name. The order varies according to culture and country. There are also country-by-country differences on changes of legal names by marriage, see married name.
In 1991, a Swedish couple refused to give their newborn a legal name, in protest of existing naming laws. In 1996, when fined after leaving their child legally nameless for five years, they submitted the child's name as Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116.
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