legal name

Noun

 * 1) The name of a natural person recognized on official records, especially as recorded on a birth certificate or as changed by legal process.
 * He signs his name "Johnny Reb Smith", but his legal name is "Jean-Marie Smith".
 * 1) The name of an organisation as indicated in its founding documents, or as subsequently changed by legal process.
 * The legal name of "Jack's Mattresses" is "JM Enterprises {2006} (Illinois) Inc.".