Actress Portia de Rossi has reportedly filed a petition to legally change her last name to that of her wife, Ellen DeGeneres.The papers, in Los Angeles Superior Court state that de Rossi wants her name to become Portia Lee James DeGeneres.
The reason stated is, "Petitioner is taking the last name of her spouse," TMZ.com reported.
DeGeneres and de Rossi were wed in Los Angeles in 2008 during the narrow five-month window between California's supreme court ruling that gay marriage was legal and a public referendum striking it down.A federal judge last week ruled that the referendum's ban is unconstitutional and the matter is likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
If de Rossi's petition is approved, it would not be her first name change - he was born Amanda Lee Rogers, but changed her name when she was 15.
