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legal name

name that identifies a person for legal, administrative and other official purposes
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legal name

Summary

legal name ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,168 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • legal name is a type of full name[2].
  • legal name is a type of given name[3].
  • legal name is a type of official name[4].
  • legal name's partially coincident with is recorded as secular name[5].
  • legal name's used by is recorded as natural person[6].
  • legal name's different from is recorded as taboo name[7].
  • legal name's different from is recorded as statutory name[8].
  • legal name's relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator is recorded as Target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals[9].
  • legal name's P14870 is recorded as ont00001331[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include full name[2], given name[3], and official name[4].

Use and Application

legal name's used by is recorded as natural person[6].

Why It Matters

legal name ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,168 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). legal name. Retrieved October 5, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/legal-name
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_legal-name_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{legal name}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/legal-name}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-05}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00001331
    Different from → taboo name, statutory name
    Subclass of → full name, given name, official name
    Partially coincident with → secular name
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14870]]: ont00001331"
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