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What is a state-given name?

• StavrosK 5y ago
  The thing on your birth certificate.
• Karsteski 5y ago
  Presumably your birth name given to you by your parents. Describing it as "state given" seems intentionally misleading...
  • lmilcin 5y ago
    It should be called "state-recognized". The state does not give you name, but it registers it and uses it to recognize you in various situations. Usually the name is not enough to identify a person (and fun/disaster ensues when this is attempted) so, usually, more information is needed to identify a person.
    • criley2 5y ago
      It should probably be "legal" name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_name
• cblconfederate 5y ago
  Your "real name" (all names are real)