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My actual surname is Singh, and I come from a Punjabi Rajput family. Had I wanted to appease voters, then I would have gladly used my real surname.

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Atishi
Indian - Politician
Born: June 8, 1981

I never used my surname. My full name is Atishi Marlena Singh.

Atishi

Everyone thinks I am Punjabi till I tell them my surname Chakraborty.

Rhea Chakraborty

We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and sisters first went to colonial schools, they had to produce a surname. They also had to show they were good Christians by adopting a western name. They adopted my grandfather's name as surname. Wainaina.

Binyavanga Wainaina

I wanted a name on my shirt that represented who I am, and I feel I have no connection with the Alli surname.

Dele Alli

And with Sushant Singh Rajput, I never felt like he was the star of the film because of his humble nature. We used to hang out together after work.

Saswata Chatterjee

I could keep McQuiston, but growing up it was a hard-work surname. Everyone would always ask me to spell it or just get it wrong. I could call myself Emma Weymouth, or maybe I should take the family name and become Emma Thynn.

Emma Weymouth

I never dropped my surname.

Prateik Babbar

I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.

Laura Haddock

Politicization of Sushant Singh Rajput's death was cheap politics... worse than perversity.

Uddhav Thackeray

'GH' became my family in a sense. I had a family and friends in the actual cast and then in real life; loved everyone on set and the crew.

Lindsey Morgan

I've spent my entire life spelling my surname.

Mel Giedroyc

My name at birth was Carol Joan Klein. It would take me five decades to appreciate my surname and the history that came with it. Along the way, I would add an 'e' to Carol and acquire several more surnames.

Carole King

My surname is on my back, so I don't see it when I play - that is for the fans only.

Timothy Weah

I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.

Rachel Weisz

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

Kelley Armstrong

And this is Nymphadora-" "Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus," said the young witch with a shudder. "It's Tonks." "-Nymphadora Tonks, who prefers to be known by her surname only," finished Lupin. "So would you if your fool of a mother had called you 'Nymphadora,' " muttered Tonks.

J. K. Rowling

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