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WHAT IS AN ALIAS???
Latin alias (alius), means ‘other.’
ꜰᴏʀᴇᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ: Did you know that Hermes Trsimegistus, Thoth, and Solomon Trismosin are not people — in a manner of speaking — they are pseudonyms!?!! In fact, there was a time when many people had to use pseudonyms, for example, Unveiling the Nom de Plume: Black Authors Who Used Pen Names, by K. Joseph.**
“For most of history. Anonymous was woman.”
— Virgina Woolf
Alias dictus means ‘otherwise called,’ ‘otherwise named,’ or ‘also known as;’ and it refers to another assumed name used by a person instead of the person’s or persons’ real name, such as a PSEUDONYM.
As for me, I have six legally registered names in the United States of America — in a comedic way that also counts any particular abbreviation. I have approximately 7+ aliases, 4 formerly assigned nicknames and 2 personal nicknames that never stuck.
There’s Juanita LaShea Fitch (my birth name, as listed on my U.S. birth certificate), Juanita LaShea Dunn (my name after my parents married in 1984, as listed on my U.S. social security card), Juanita LaShea Fitch-Dunn (which is not exactly a…
