TMZ is reporting that the 26-year-old singer, born Christopher Breaux, has made the decision to change his name.
According to the website, he has already filed the documents to change his legal name to his stage name Frank Ocean.
In order for the legal process to be completely carried out, he needs to get get his intentions published in a newspaper on four separate occasions; once a week for four weeks in a row.
The reason for this is in case he is using the name to defraud someone and potential victims can come forward and object to the name change in court.
In 2010, he had already changed his name from Christopher Breaux to Christopher Francis Ocean on online documentation service LegalZoom.
He told Complex in March 2011: 'It just felt cool. None of us are our names. If you don’t like your name then change your name.'
'I’m only a few steps into the process, so I probably shouldn’t even be talking about this, but by the beginning of summer I’ll be straight. I’ll be boarding planes as Christopher Francis Ocean.'
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