# Is there a term for the name someone takes to fit into another culture?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-the-name-someone-takes-to-fit-into-another-culture/956712 "2021-12-27T06:20:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-the-name-someone-takes-to-fit-into-another-culture/956712/21 "2021-12-29T09:22:12Z")

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I was assigned a French name in French class, and got to pick my Hebrew name in Hebrew school. But my regular name is easy enough for Hebrew-speakers to pronounce, and should i ever find myself in Israel i plan to use it, not the Hebrew name.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-the-name-someone-takes-to-fit-into-another-culture/956712/22 "2021-12-29T14:49:34Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> But my regular name is easy enough for Hebrew-speakers to pronounce, and should i ever find myself in Israel i plan to use it, not the Hebrew name.

Please do that. Israelis don’t really understand the concept of a “Hebrew name”, anyway.

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-the-name-someone-takes-to-fit-into-another-culture/956712/23 "2021-12-30T01:05:20Z")

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I’ve noted this is a fairly common practice in the Chaldean community.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-the-name-someone-takes-to-fit-into-another-culture/956712/24 "2021-12-30T01:13:25Z")

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My attempt to use Crystal East 35th Street as a stage name has not gone as I had hoped.

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