It wasn’t until 1979 that the singer realized the incorrect name was put on her birth certificate.
who is worldwide famous for her four-letter name, was under the impression that she was born Cher ilyn Sarkisian until her 30s, when she discovered a mistake on her birth certificate. Her legal name was actually Cher yl., the pop diva was “shocked” when she discovered the document’s error in 1979 while in the process of changing her name to the single moniker it is now.
“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 only a teenager, and I was in a lot of pain. Give me a break,” the 78-year-old recalls her mother saying.
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