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Astronaut name changes

List of astronaut name changes

The name given in the lists of space travellers and trainees is the current name of the individual. Here I list known changes and ambiguities in those names.


1) Ambiguities

Alternative			Adopted

Ahad Mohmand, Abdul		Mohmand, Abdul Ahad	
Cheli-Merchez, Marianne		Merchez, Marianne
Masum, Mohammed			Dauran Ghulam Masum, Mohammad
Al Faris, Mohammed		Fares, Mohammed Achmed al
Vela, Rodolfo Neri		Neri Vela, Rodolfo
Fulford, Millie Hughes Wiley	Hughes-Fulford, Millie
Radhakrishnan, Paramaswaran     Radhakrishnan, P
Savitskaya Khatkovksaya, S	Savistkaya, S
Ganzorig, Maydarjaviyn		Gankhyuyag, Maydarjaviyn
Wang Gun-Jin                    Wang, Taylor
Trinh Huu-Chau                  Trinh, Eugene
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha
                                Shukor, Muszaphar

2) Name Changes

Current				Original

Aldrin, Buzz			Aldrin, Edwin Eugene, Jr.
Ansari, Anoushe                 Raishiyan, Anoushe
Aunon-Chancellor, Serena        Auñón, Serena
Baker, Ellen			Shulman, Ellen
Barron, Kayla Jane              Sax, Kayla Jane
Bezos, Jeffrey Preston          Jorgenson, Jeffrey Preston      1968
Caldwell Dyson, Tracy           Caldwell, Tracy Ellen           2009?
Clark, Laurel B			Salton, Laurel Blair
Currie, Nancy			Decker, Nancy			1995 Feb? to 2015
Currie-Gregg, Nancy		Decker, Nancy			2015
Dzhanibekov, Vladimir 		Krysin, Vladimir
Fisher, Anna			Tingle, Anna
Gorie, Dominic L. Pudwill       Pudwill, Dominic L.
Haignere, Claudie               Andre, Claudie
Hilliard Robsertson, Patricia   Hilliard, Patricia              2000?
Hughes-Fulford, Millie		Hughes, Millie Elizabeth
Ivanov, Georgi                  Kakalov, Georgi                 1978
Kavandi, Janet L                Sellers, Janet L
Koch, Christina                 Hammock, Christina              2015?
Kutznetsova-Pitskhelauri, T	Kuznetsova, Tatiana
LaComb, Maureen			Gaudette, Maureen
Lopez-Alegria, Michael          Lopez-Alegria, Miguel Eladio
Lucid, Shannon Wells		Wells, Matilda Shannon
Macleay, Lachlan		Maclaey, Lachlan, Jr
Magnus, Sandra H		Hall, Sandra
Mann, Nicole                    Aunapu, Nicole
McAuliffe, Christa		Corrigan, Christa
Metcalf-Lindenburger, Dorothy   Metcalf, Dorothy
Morgan, Barbara			Radding, Barbara
Moses, Beth                     Stubbings, Nathalie Beth
Mukai, Chiaki			Naito, Chiaki
Nowak, Lisa			Caputo, Lisa
Omel'chenko,Svetlana 		Yeremeeva, Svetlana
Polyakov, Valeriy Vladimirovich Korshunov, Valeriy Ivanovich   1957
Ponomaryova, Valentina		Kovalevskaya, Valentina
Prinz, Dianne			Kasnic, Diane
Ramon, Ilan                     Wolferman, Ilan
Roberts, Katherine		Sparks, Katherine
Seddon Gibson, Rhea		Seddon, Rhea
Sergeychika, Zhanna		Yorkina, Zhanna               1963
Serova, Elena                   Kuznetsova, Elena
Sidey-Gibbons, Jennifer         Sidey, Jennifer               2018?
Stefanyshyn-Piper, Heidemarie	Stefanyshyn, Heidemarie
Still-Kilrain, Susan            Still, Susan
Stott, Nicole Passonno          Passonno, Nicole Marie
Thornton, Kathryn		Cordell, Kathryn
Yamazaki, Naoko                 Sumino, Naoko
Yeliseev, Aleksei               Kureitis, Aleksei
Walpot, Heike			John, Heike
Weaver, Carol			Belt, Carol
Williams, Sunita                Pandya, Sunita



3) Name Changes: no longer current

Other name			Current name

Andre-Deshays, Claudie          Haignere, Claudie
Smotherman, Jan                 Davis, Jan			Pre sel; changed to stepfam name
Dozier, Jan			Davis, Jan			Pre sel; married then divorced
Tereshkova-Nikolaeva, V		Tereshkova, Valentina		Post flight to 1970s?
Wiley, Millie Hughes		Hughes-Fulford, Millie
Oldak, Judith 			Resnik, Judith			Pre sel
Sherlock, Nancy			Decker, Nancy			Sel to 1995 Feb?
Voss Ford, Janice		Voss, Janice 			1994 to 1994
Ganzorig, M.                    Gankhyuyag, Maydarjaviyn        For flight only?