Legal name is the name with which an individual is registered at birth or which appears on their birth certificate. A name is a label for a thing, person, place, product (as in a brand name) and even an idea or concept, normally used to distinguish one from another. ...

A person's legal name typically comprises their given name and a family name. The order varies according to culture and country. A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. ... A family name, or surname, is the part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ...

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