Cher Says She Was ‘Shocked’ By The Name She Discovered On Her Birth Certificate
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The singer said she learned in the 1970s that her legal name wasn’t what she thought it was, due to a mistake on her birth certificate.
For more than 30 years, Cher thought her legal name was Cherilyn Sarkisian. But when she got her hands on a copy of her birth certificate, she learned it was actually something different: Cheryl.
The singer said she learned in the 1970s that her legal name wasn’t what she thought it was, due to a mistake on her birth certificate.
The legendary singer recalled in her memoir, “Cher: The Memoir, Part One,” that she was “shocked” to discover the mix-up when she applied for a copy of the certificate in 1979 to change her name, according to People.
“I believed Cherilyn was my name until the day years later when I decided to legally change my name to simply Cher,” she wrote, per the outlet.
She was 33 when she shortened her first name and dropped her four surnames: Sarkisian, LaPiere, Bono and Allman.
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