Take the 2-minute tour ×  Is there any term for a person who has
changed his name? For example, there was a man who was named
"Jacob" when he was born, but when he reached the age of 18 he
decided to change his name to "Joseph". Is there any term for
this kind of person? Or at least for this kind of practice?
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–  JLG Apr 12 '12 at 21:43 @JLG - lol. Of course that was just
said because he used an unpronounceable name (as a clever way to
get back at a record company he was contractually obligated to).
–  T.E.D. Apr 12 '12 at 22:15  2 Answers 2  up vote 1 down vote
accepted  The term is "renamed" and the practice is called
"renaming" as we read in legal documents.  share|improve this
answer  Well, when such changes aren't totally unexpected, (eg:
a woman changing her last name upon marriage), the old name is
often appended to the new one with a "nee" in the middle.
Supposedly this is French for "born as", so it could reasonably
be applied in any si