Another celebrity is changing her name! Actor Jonah Hill has decided to legally change his name and has also filed a petition to that effect in Los Angeles. For those who don’t know, the actor’s real name is Jonah Hill Feldstein, and now he has chosen to drop the last name “Feldstein”.
Hill is the latest actor to join the league of celebrities who have legally changed their names. Earlier this month, breaking bad star Aaron Paul also decided to drop the last name “Sturtevant”. Read on to learn more about Jonah Hill’s name change.
Jonah Hill is filing a petition to change his legal name
According to legal documents filed in an LA office, Jonah Hill wants to legally drop Feldstein from his name and make the middle name his official last name. The reason for the amendment to the petition is: “Jonah Hill is the professional name of the petitioner. The petitioner wishes to make his professional name his legal name.”
The actor used “Jonah Hill” as his stage name since the early days of his career, and many fans didn’t even know about his real last name. Actors usually go the legal route to change their name to keep a common professional and official name.
Because he has to sign a lot of contracts to get new projects, the difference between his stage name and official name sometimes leads to confusion. So they decide to go through a tedious, paperwork-based process just to officially drop their last name.
Hill, 38, began her career with a small role in the 2004 indie black comedy I Heart Huckabees and has since worked in Knocked Up (2007), 21 Jump Street (2012), This is the end (2013) and 22 Jump Street (2014). In each of the film’s credits, his name was listed as “Jonah Hill”.
Several celebrities have changed their names recently
Jonah Hill isn’t the first actor to take the legal route to change his name. By now, almost everyone knows that Kanye West officially changed his name to Ye last year. More recently, Aaron Paul dropped his last name “Sturtevant” to keep a uniform professional and legal name.
Aaron’s wife, Lauren, also petitioned to add “Paul” as a last name. The couple renamed their newborn Ryden Caspian Paul. He was earlier called Casper Emerson Paul.
Speaking of celebrity kids, Kathryn Hahn recently filed a petition to add her last name, “Hahn,” to her children’s names. Her son is now named Leonard Henry Hahn Sandler and her daughter is officially Mae Marie Hahn Sandler.
Earlier this year, Kylie Jenner announced that she and her partner Travis Scott no longer wanted to call their son “The Wolf.” Their son was originally named Wolf Jacques Webster, however, the couple has yet to reveal his new name.
“FYI OUR SON’S NAME IS NO MORE WOLF. IT JUST DIDN’T FEEL LIKE IT WAS HIM. I JUST WANT TO SHARE BECAUSE I KEEP SEEING WOLVES EVERYWHERE,” the socialite announced on her social media.
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