There are countless reasons why someone may choose to change their name, including marriage, affirmation of their gender ...

There’s an unending siege of fake name trends on Facebook. It has been cool at various times to insert an adjective for a middle name, abbreviate your initials, or remove vowels; legions of ...

The name you use on your credit card, driver’s license or student ID, according to Facebook. Nicknames are allowed as a first or middle name if they’re a variation of your real first or last name.

A. Facebook’s real-names policy, which requires users to list themselves by “the name they go by in everyday life,” is no secret.If people know you as “Arthur Dent,” you’re not ...

Some of Facebook’s most prominent critics have already applauded the change — including Access Now, which criticized the real name policy as part of the Nameless Coalition earlier this year.

Dozens of queens' profiles were deactivated recently because they used stage names. Facebook says requiring real names curbs abuse, but LGBT groups say it's restricting — for drag queens and others.

The name you use on your credit card, driver’s license or student ID, according to Facebook. Nicknames are allowed as a first or middle name if they’re a variation of your real first or last name.

Under Facebook’s name standards, users are allowed to use alphanumeric characters A-Z and 0-9 and a period, but not other symbols, repetitive characters or “characters from multiple languages ...