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This is a list of notable people whose full legal name is (or was) a mononym, either by name change or by being born mononymic (e.g. Burmese, Indonesian, or Japanese royalty).
In the past, mononyms were common in Indonesia, especially in Javanese names. [24] Some younger people may have them, but this practice is becoming rarer, since mononyms are no longer allowed for newborns since 2022 (see Naming law § Indonesia). [25] Single names still also occur in Tibet. [2] Most Afghans also have no surname. [26]
These two alone are far more famous and established mononymous persons than Teller, and it would also firmly establish simply by glancing at the page that mononyms are not only used in the 17th and 18th century (a reader could be forgiven for just glancing at the page, which we ALL do sometimes, and thinking that a mononym is pretty much ...
There's academic utility in a list of people who are legally mononymous even if they're not notable enough for articles. -- Resuna 19:03, 4 September 2012 (UTC) [] I can find no evidence that Elvis ever legally changed his name to a mononym, nor was he born mononymic, the only two criteria for making it onto this list.
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Page information; Cite this page; Get shortened URL; Download QR code; ... Mononyms. Roberto Arias (1918–1989), aka Tito, Panamanian international lawyer, ...
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