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If someone, previously named John Smith, now changed to Mohammed bin Usman, is there a word to describe such a person?

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  • Your question is not clear. His new name would be considered a "legal name change", but that alone doesn't change a person. It seems like you are asking what else changed, but we don't know the person at all.
    – user3169
    Oct 30, 2018 at 0:44
  • @user3169 in which part of the question have you got the impression that something else except the name also changed?
    – athos
    Oct 30, 2018 at 0:47
  • @user3169 I think he wants to know what "someone who changed his/her name" is called. Like, someone who killed is called a killer. I don't think there's such a word in English.
    – Albert
    Oct 30, 2018 at 0:49
  • I know what you are asking. But you can't "describe" a person using their name, other than to say it changed (which you already stated). So what are you looking for?
    – user3169
    Oct 30, 2018 at 0:56
  • @user3169 of course we can describe a person by something he did, as Albert said, someone killed can be called a killer, someone who won a tournament can be called a champion.
    – athos
    Oct 30, 2018 at 1:03

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I don't think there is an actual noun for such a thing. The only way I can think of to describe these people is to use a verbal phrase:

Would all of the people who have been renamed please move to the other side of the room.

From Merriam-Webster's definition of rename:

: to give (someone or something) a new name
// renamed the street in honor of the late mayor
//  . . . a 16-year-old who left the Orthodox life a year ago. He has renamed himself Adam to cement the break . . .
— Ron Kampeas
// The program was actually a relatively simple . . . script that renames files on your hard drive . . .
— Michael J. Miller

You could coin a new term such as new-names, and it might even be understood, but it would certainly not be in common (or even uncommon) use.

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