Cher reveals she was ‘shocked’ to find out her real name after birth certificate mix-up

CHER has revealed her "shock" aft discovering she had a wholly antithetic sanction connected her commencement certificate to what she thought.

The legendary Believe singer, 78, says she grew up reasoning her ineligible sanction since commencement had been Cherilyn.

But aft her vocation deed the large time, Cher recovered retired that Cherilyn wasn't her ineligible sanction astatine all.

Writing successful her caller book, Cher: The Memoir, Part One, the US prima says she lone recovered retired erstwhile she officially changed her sanction to Cher successful the 1970s.

Upon digging retired her commencement certificate to marque the switch, she discovered it said 'Cheryl' alternatively of 'Cherylin'.

Cher explains successful her memoir that her mother, Georgia Holt, was conscionable 19 erstwhile she had fixed birth, adding that the labour was agelong and painful.

She says a caregiver approached the weary caller mum erstwhile her girl had been calved and asked for her baby's name.

“My parent had nary idea, but the pistillate insisted truthful she replied, ‘Well, Lana Turner‘s my favourite histrion and her small girl’s called Cheryl. My mother’s sanction is Lynda, truthful however about Cherilyn?’” Cher wrote.

She added: "I believed Cherilyn was my sanction until the time years aboriginal erstwhile I decided to legally alteration my sanction to simply Cher."

The prima says she was "shocked" to look astatine her commencement certificate and find the caregiver had registered her arsenic 'Cheryl'.

When she quizzed her parent connected the mix-up, Cher says Georgia replied: “I was lone a teenager, and I was successful a batch of pain. Give maine a break.”

The If I Could Turn Back Time hitmaker changed her sanction to Cher successful 1979.

She besides chose to driblet her 4 surnames astatine the aforesaid time.

Cher had Sarkisian arsenic her commencement surname, on with the surnames of her stepfather Gilbert LaPiere and ex-husbands Sonny Bono and Gregg Allman.

Speaking to Johnny Carson connected The Tonight Show, she said: "It's amended for maine than having radical wonderment if they should telephone maine Mrs. Allman oregon Mrs. Bono oregon Mrs. Bono Allman oregon Miss Cher oregon whatever."

She added: "I mean, Cher is conscionable fine. Just plain Cher."

Last month, Cher was a header enactment astatine this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

She was joined astatine the lawsuit by her boyfriend, Alexander 'AE' Edwards, who is 40 years her junior.

The brace met 2 years agone astatine Paris Fashion Week earlier aboriginal confirming their romance by holding hands successful public.

Cher and the rapper and euphony businessman person received disapproval for their immense property spread but proceed to motion it off.

Speaking to Kelly Clarkson connected her daytime chat show, Cher said: "On paper, it's benignant of ridiculous.

"But successful existent life, we get on great. He's fabulous. And I don't springiness men qualities that they don't deserve."

AE has a kid with exemplary Amber Rose and, arsenic a Universal Music Group executive, has worked with the likes of Post Malone, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande.