assumed name
Cover for fugitives
An assumed name is a name someone uses instead of their legal name.
The term is neutral—it covers stage names, pen names, aliases used for privacy, and names adopted for fraudulent purposes alike.
Legal documents often require disclosure of any assumed names: List any assumed names or aliases you have used.
Fictitious professional name
- monikerInformal designation for someone
- handlePart for gripping
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- nom de guerreAssumed military identity
sobriquet · appellation · alter ego · nom de plume · identity · byline · signature
Author's false identity
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- bylineArticle author identification
- authorshipOrigin of written work
- pseudonymousUsing a false name
Mark Twain · George Orwell · Lewis Carroll · George Eliot · Lemony Snicket
With identity concealed
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
- namelessWithout any designation
- unknownNot yet discovered
- hidden identityConcealed true self
concealed identity · undisclosed · untraceable · unrecognized · faceless · anonymous · secret identity · covert
Protect by overlaying
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- impersonationPretending to be another
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
facade · fraud · forgery · identity theft · con · misrepresentation · fabrication · hoax
pseudonym
Fictitious professional name
nom de guerre · sobriquet · appellation · alter ego · nom de plume · identity · byline · signature
nom de plume
Author's false identity
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- bylineArticle author identification
- authorshipOrigin of written work
pseudonymous · Mark Twain · George Orwell · Lewis Carroll · George Eliot · Lemony Snicket
incognito
With identity concealed
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
- namelessWithout any designation
- unknownNot yet discovered
hidden identity · concealed identity · undisclosed · untraceable · unrecognized · faceless · anonymous · secret identity · covert · off the record
cover
Protect by overlaying
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- impersonationPretending to be another
pretense · facade · fraud · forgery · identity theft · con · misrepresentation · fabrication · hoax · sham
- namesgiven names, first names, names, surnames, last names
- aliasesalias, pseudonym, codename, nom de plume, handle
- disguisesmask, costume, disguise, fake beard, fake mustache
- Secret Identitiessecret identity, alias, alter ego, pseudonym, dual identity
- anonymous authorshippseudonym, alias, ghostwriting, ghostwriter, nom de plume
- false identitiesalias, pseudonym, fake ID, stolen identity, new identity
assumed namereal name
Actual given identity
true name · birth name · given name · proper name · Christian name
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