legal name noun2 •The name of a natural person recognized on official records, especially as recorded on a birth certificate or as changed by a legal process.He signs his name "Johnny Reb Smith", but his legal name is "Jean-Marie Smith". •The name of an organization as indicated in its founding documents, or as subsequently changed by a legal process.The legal name of "Jack's Mattresses" is "JM Enterprises {2006} (Illinois) Inc.". formslegal names