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A Cyrus By Any Other Name

Posted Mar 17th 2008 4:14PM by TMZ Staff

Don't call her Destiny Hope! TMZ has obtained official documents filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court requesting Destiny Hope Cyrus' name be officially changed to Miley Ray Cyrus.

The documents, filed by Hannah Montana's parents Leticia and Billy Ray, indicate the reason for the name change as "Destiny Hope Cyrus has been commonly known as Miley Cyrus since she was a young child. The Change of Name is requested to make her commonly used name the same as her legal name."

It had been previously reported that her name was officially changed -- not so. In addition to filing these documents, she must publish a public notice of the change. Then she can officially start signing checks as Miley Cyrus.


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1. I don't think her birth name is bad, but she has to be Miley.

Posted at 4:30PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Jenna

2. OMG first!

Posted at 4:27PM on Mar 17th 2008 by kelli

3. Hannah Montana is soooooo cool, I mean look at the way she presents herself, everyone just hatin.. lol A yo TMZ! Bump my music page. www.myspace.com/demdamkeyids

Everyone be safe, quit drinkin and start thinkin!
www.myspace.com/clay112

Posted at 12:18AM on Mar 18th 2008 by Claya Hata

4. Sure, I'd mount her.

But isn't her 15 minutes almost up?

Posted at 4:34PM on Mar 17th 2008 by I Would Mount Hannah Montana

5. I'm so confused. Who is this article about? So Miley isn't Britney... she's really Destiny... at least until she changes her name. Where the hell did Hannah come from? Ugh...


What ever happen to our childhood heroes only having ONE name?

Punky Brewster WAS Punky Brewster... right?

That was her real name... right?

Posted at 4:33PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Andy McKay

6. PLEASE! She is 15! Hannah is from her TV show.

Miley is her famous name.

Destiny is her birth name.

I hope she changes it. Destiny doesn't fit her.

Posted at 4:41PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Kelli

7. Hannah Montana is the name of her tv show on the Disney channel. It is about a girl who leads two lives one famous- Hannah and the other normal teenage girl Miley

Posted at 4:46PM on Mar 17th 2008 by me

8. # 5 - Your kidding right? You must be over 20 years old (unless you watched re-runs of the show) and I truly hope you didn't go those 20 years thinking Punky Brewster was a real name. Just in case you weren't kidding, Punky Brewster's real name was Soliel Moon Frye.

Posted at 4:45PM on Mar 17th 2008 by lissabell

9. To quote Shakespeare: "a rose by any other name" ~ she and both her parents deserve our admiration and respect. Pitted against other pop idols, she is one girl I'm glad my granddaughters admire. Miley makes sense, and the addition of Ray in the middle is a nice tribute to her father.

Posted at 4:56PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Kate Smith

10. Hmmm......

Very strange.

Why would they call her something other than her given name?

How do you go from Destiny Hope to Miley Ray?

I guess maybe you have to be a pre-teen girl to understand.

Posted at 5:14PM on Mar 17th 2008 by ellie

11. In an interview, Billy Ray said: when Miley was a baby, she was always smiling... so he referred to her as "Smiley".
Smiley turned to Miley.
( you know how parents call their babies/tots cute little names )

Posted at 5:42PM on Mar 17th 2008 by my2cent

12. Not offense TMZ, it must be a slow news day. Who cares unless one is 13-15 years old

Posted at 5:44PM on Mar 17th 2008 by +DJ FunkyGrrL+

13. It just irks me how these "stage parents" take their kids out of school, let them start dying their hair before they are old enough for braces.....put them on a tour bus and say, "we her her very grounded" "she is just a normal child"

I think not....permanantly changing your kids name to their stage name is not normal or grounded. So, they are saying oooops, sorry kid...the name we gave you at birth is just not workin' for ya' on the money trail, before your old enough to vote, drive or drink...we're just going to change that for you.

Idiots. They should be ashamed-

Posted at 6:15PM on Mar 17th 2008 by sandpiper97

14. So much for Billy Ray saying he named her while in her mothers belly, Destiny Hope, due to the fact that he knew this little girl was "destined" to bring "hope" to this world... I adore, Billy Ray, but couldnt they have just changed it to be a stage name and not take away from her birth name? I respect the fact that if true, Miley took Ray because she respects her father. Theres alot to be said about a name. Destiny Hope has alot of meaning, as her dad said. But Miley Ray is just that, plain and simple. I truly am shocked. After 16 years of following this man, and thought I kinda knew him alot, inside and out, this seems so far to the left for him to agree with.

Good Luck Miley, But to me you will always be Destiny Hope Cyrus :)
Sandy

Posted at 6:22PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Sandy

15. Punky Brewster's real name is Solie Moon Fry

Destiny Hope...really?? did they think she was going to be a stripper when she grew up?!?!

Posted at 7:09PM on Mar 17th 2008 by SillyGirl

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