Cher was 'shocked' to discover her legal name after birth certificate error

I believed Cherilyn was my name, until the day years later when I decided to legally change my name to simply Cher.

My mother had no idea, but the woman insisted so she replied, 'Well, Lana Turner's my favorite actress and her little girl's called Cheryl. My mother's name is Lynda, so how about Cherilyn?'

I was shocked to discover that I was officially registered as Cheryl, and asked my mother, 'Do you even know my real name, mom?'

I like it. It's better for me than having people wonder if they should call me Mrs. Allman or Mrs. Bono or Miss Cher or whatever.

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