government names
Birth certificate names
A person's government name is their legal name—the one on official documents like birth certificates and driver's licenses—as opposed to nicknames, stage names, or street names.
The term originated in hip-hop and Black American vernacular: What's your government name?
It implies the formal identity that authorities recognize, distinct from the name you actually go by.
- birthnameName assigned at birth
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- lastFinal in sequence
- firstPosition number one
- birth certificateOfficial record of arrival
driver's license · ID card · nomenclatures · social security number · voter registration · deadname · identification · legal documents · census data · middle · marriage certificate · death certificate · court records · registry office · naming traditions · official records · signature · surname
government namesnicknames
Informal substitute names
aliases · stage names · street names · pen names · pseudonyms
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