assumed names
Fictitious personal labels
Assumed names are names used in place of one's legal name.
A writer might publish under an assumed name (pen name), an actor might perform under one (stage name), or a person might conduct business under one for privacy or branding.
The term often appears in legal contexts: She filed a DBA—"doing business as"—for her assumed name.
Unlike aliases, assumed names typically imply legitimate rather than deceptive purposes.
- nom de plumeAuthor's false identity
- pseudonymsFictitious adopted names
- aliasAdopted false name
- pen namesAssumed authorial identities
- maskFace-worn concealment
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- namesgiven names, first names, names, surnames, last names
- pseudonymspen names, pseudonym, pseudonyms, nom de plume, alias
- public recordspublic records, birth certificate, death certificate, birth certificates, death certificates
assumed namestrue names
Authentic identifying words
birth names · legal names · given names · proper names · Christian names
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