Miley Cyrus changes her name… to 'Miley Cyrus'

[TVStar]

Smile, Miley: Your Destiny is defunct, and Hope is lost

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Hannah Montana is leaving destiny behind.

Miley Cyrus, whose given name is Destiny Hope Cyrus, has filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court to change her full legal name to Miley Ray Cyrus.

The 15-year-old singer and TV star is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, who filed the papers last Friday with wife Leticia. Her father writes in the filing that the request was "to make her commonly used name the same as her legal name."

The name-change request was first reported by the celebrity website TMZ.com.

Miley Cyrus has said her father gave her the nickname "Smiley Miley" as a baby because of her sunny disposition. On the Disney Channel tween hit "Hannah Montana," she plays a teen who hides her singing stardom.

Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus are hosting the Country Music Television ceremony together at Nashville's Belmont University on April 14.

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[Dee Dee♥]

OMG! I heard that... I know she didn't like her name coz destiny is kinda not a great name but I still don't think she should have changed it Miley is better thouugh.

[mousey123]

she should keep her name and have miley as a stage name

[astrogirl. :)]

i like miley better. it seems more...should i say "ordinary" than destiny hope.