Actress Portia de Rossi aims to change name to DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres spouse Portia de Rossi has filed a legal request to change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres.The request was filed on August 6 in Los Angeles, but the document, which was posted on the Internet by E! Online, shows.


A subsequent law passed by California voters banned gay marriage in the state, but just last week, a federal judge in California declared that ban unconstitutional.Arrested Development, previously changed her name, at age 15, from Amanda Lee Rogers to her current De Rossi.