When he began performing, he changed his last name to Denver, after the capital of his favorite state,Colorado.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

The young girl Eleanora Fagan changed her name to Billie, because she liked a movie star, Billie Dove.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

He decided that art would be his life goal and soon changed his name to Mister Imagination.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

They gave a name to this mysterious continent: Terra Australis Incognita, or the "Unknown Southern Land."

VOA: special.2009.06.03

By nineteen seventy-three, the union had changed its name to the United Farm Workers of America.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

In the nineteen seventies, the group changed record companies and shortened their name to the Jacksons.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

In February, Blackwater changed its name to Xe to help improve its image with the public.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

It said: "I now request to meet with you at such time and place as you may name to discuss the terms of the surrender of this army."

VOA: special.2009.12.17

She also decided to change her name to "Ayn Rand."

VOA: special.2010.06.06

At first,Benny changed his name to Ben K.Benny.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

Goldfish later changed his name to Samuel Goldwyn.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

And she changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

The genre is believed to owe its name to Monroe's 1930s band, The Blue Grass Boys.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

What all this adds up to is a big responsibility for parents to consider what's really in a name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06