Around the world Quote by Metta World Peace

Changing my name was traumatic for me.

— Eve Best

Changing my name has been like a formal rite of passage.

— Anohni

I changed my name because it didn't fit with the way I saw myself.

— Daniel Tammet

My change may inspire other people.

— Csanad Szegedi

I changed my name when I was 13. I don't know why but it made sense at the time. I wanted another identity. I…

— Leos Carax

If I changed my name, everyone would have just known that I changed my name. If I had been anonymous, it would have felt…

— Maya Hawke

I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.

— J. August Richards

So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.

— Herbie Hancock

Perhaps I shouldn't have been influenced by the idea that my name could be spread across the entire world.

— Christian Lacroix

I was quite adamant that I will not change my name as it was given by my parents.

— Waheeda Rehman

I felt like, what better way for people to understand me by taking the initiative in giving my real name, my name that moms…

— Kendrick Lamar

I wanted to change my name when I first started because I thought, 'No-one is going to believe that it is my name.'

— Sam Fender