Celebs Who Aren't Using Their Real First Name

The Fanning sisters Dakota and Elle have been going by those names most of their lives, though their birth certificates actually read Hannah and Mary, respectively. When younger Fanning sibling Elle sat down for an interview with Glamour, she was asked why she dropped her more traditional first name, though you can't really drop something you never use.

"I just never went by Mary, like ever," she answered. "My mom goes by her middle name, and my sister goes by her middle name. Her first name is Hannah. It's possibly a Southern thing, I don't know. But since my mom goes by her middle name, we go by our middle names too. Although, it was awkward in school when they were calling roll call because they'd go, 'Mary? Mary?' Kids would be like, 'There's no Mary here.' I'd awkwardly raise my hand, like, 'Uh, it's me.'"

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