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pen name

pseudonym adopted by an author (or a group of authors) and printed on the title page in place of their real name
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Summary

pen name ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,156 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: pseudonym[2]
  • Said to be the same as: pseudonym[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pseudonymous writers[4]
  • Used by: writer[5]
  • Main Wikidata property: P742[6]
  • Different from: nom de guerre[7], art name[8]
  • Has list: list of pen names[9]

Why It Matters

pen name has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Johann Mattheson

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). pen name. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pen-name
MLA “pen name.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/pen-name.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pen-name_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pen name}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pen-name}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gsso id → 007223
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'ckb', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hi', 'id',
    Sitelink count → 43
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gsso id: 007223, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157144040|pen name (#157144040)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6077|Gender, Sex, and Sexual "
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → pseudonym
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Pseudonymous writers
    Has list → list of pen names
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ Yso id: 10228, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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