Celebrity Justice
A Cyrus By Any Other Name

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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16. I understand why she changed her name. shes been called Miley for her entire life and her dad was practically the one that started calling her Miley. Its not like he started calling her Miley when the show started either, he was calling her Miley since she was really young. She wanted to change her name now because she is going to be turning 16 this November and she wants her drivers license to say Miley Ray Cyrus and not Destiny Hope Cyrus which no one ever calls her.

Posted at 7:15PM on Mar 17th 2008 by april

17. D*MN!!! I WISH I KNEW THAT BEFORE I GOT HER PIC. AND NAME TATTED ON MY A** : P

Posted at 7:59PM on Mar 17th 2008 by NOBODY YOU KNOW

18. dude this is OLD news...

i heard about this probably about two months ago!

Posted at 11:30PM on Mar 17th 2008 by kristina

19. I thought her real name was MEAL TICKET

Posted at 2:54AM on Mar 18th 2008 by Mike

20. This ain't news... it's like sooooooooooooooooooooo 3 weeks ago.

Posted at 12:09AM on Mar 18th 2008 by BlueJayFlys

21. Another non-story by the chimpanzees at TMZ. What's the matter, TMZ morons; run out of things to say or just lazy? C'mon; find something interesting to write about...

Posted at 2:27AM on Mar 18th 2008 by TMZ hires idiots

22. So, what name is she going to use when she starts her porno career?

Posted at 5:16AM on Mar 18th 2008 by me again

23. If I had changed the name that my Mother gave me, she would have beat the s**t out of me.
And yes, her 15 minutes of fame will soon be over.
THANK GOD!
Just another bubble gum music singer.

Posted at 8:38AM on Mar 18th 2008 by Dream

24. omg how could that happen but i love that name!

Posted at 6:20PM on Mar 29th 2008 by Carli Smith

25. I am not trying to be bitchy but she told everybody on a tv special that she is a normal kid and wants to be treated like one.
Well does a normal kid changes her name (Destiny Hope) to a name that her parents gave her.


Her parents need to be the adults not her!!!!!!


Posted at 9:34PM on Mar 23rd 2008 by Hope

26. i meet Billy Ray when he was a house band at a club called BRONCO'S in Richmond VA, i was a waitress.. he was playin the nite his achy braky heart went #1 i know he will and he has changed so much from back in the day. I dated his dummer for a while. I dont like him as a person but he is a great dad. But i think he is usin his daughter as a money maker and why is his other kids left out?

Posted at 12:35AM on Mar 25th 2008 by nikki

27. sandpiper97.....get a life!

Posted at 12:00PM on Mar 25th 2008 by Fedup

28. I think it would make sense for her to change her name. If she wants her drivers license to say the name people call her, then she has to change it. And i wouldn't call it her stage name, shes been called Miley for a long time. And they made the name of her character on Hannah Montana Miley because some of the other character names wouldn't work (like zoey was too close to Zoey 101) and they thought it was a good choice

Posted at 12:43PM on Mar 28th 2008 by cg

29. What a world this is....WHO CARES

Posted at 9:59PM on Mar 25th 2008 by maxx

30. Very strange

Posted at 3:38PM on Apr 5th 2008 by fox

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