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Portia de Rossi Who? Say Hello to Portia DeGeneres!

Portia de Rossi, Ellen DeGeneres AP Photo/Matt Sayles

What's in a name? Quite a bit.

Or so believes Portia de Rossi, who last Friday filed a petition with the Los Angeles County Superior Court to legally change her name to Portia DeGeneres.

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We're guessing it's no coincidence that the actress chose to adopt wife Ellen DeGeneres' surname just two days after a California federal judge came to his senses overturned Proposition 8.

Ms. and the soon-to-be Mrs. DeGeneres tied the knot back in August of 2008.

Along with the paperwork requesting the name swap, Portia also filed a hefty number of documents seeking to redact the couple's home address on the supporting paperwork, citing concerns that the duo's personal safety would be at risk. In other words: keep those crazies at bay.

View the motion

A hearing on the name swap, which will no doubt be just minutes-long as moniker amendments are routinely granted, has been set for Sept. 23.

—Reporting by Claudia Rosenbaum

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