# legal name

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The name of a natural person recognized on official records, especially as recorded on a birth certificate or as changed by a legal process.
2. The name of an organization as indicated in its founding documents, or as subsequently changed by a legal process.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/legal-name