Katie Price is one of the UK’s biggest stars, her name recognised up and down the country thanks to her hugely successful career as a model and TV personality.
However, Katie isn’t her real name – in fact, she has a different first name and several middle names.
The former glamour model was born Katrina Amy Alexandria Alexis Infield, but later decided to change her name in her teens.
Discussing the swap, she told The Sun: “I hated mine, I was born Katrina Amy Alexandria Alexis Infield.
“I don’t know what my mum was thinking!”
Katie was actually born with a different first name and three middle names (Image: INSTAGRAM)
Born in Brighton, Katie originally went by her dad Ray Infield’s surname, only to change it after her parents split and her mum married builder Paul Price.
When she was 17, the mum-of-five swapped her name completely, ditching Katrina and officially going by Katie.
Throughout her teens, Katie dabbled in modelling, but she decided to make a career of it when she got professional pictures taken in London in 1996.
When Katie’s modelling career took off, she appeared as a Page 3 model in The Sun, under the pseudonym Jordan.
Katie changed her name at the age of 17, just before her modelling career took off (Image: Getty Images)
She later told the Telegraph she chose the name to differentiate herself from her mum, who was concerned it could impact her work.
“My mum was working in the City,” she said.
“She didn’t want people to know I was her daughter.”
Her first autobiography, Being Jordan, was released in 2004, the same year she fell for Peter Andre in the I’m A Celeb jungle, with the pair going on to marry the following year.
However, later in her career, Katie decided to drop Jordan completely and rebrand herself, returning to her Pricey roots.
In 2017, she told Reveal magazine: “I plan to get rid of Jordan, get rid of Katie Price and start as a new person.
“I’ll keep the name but I’ll be a brand new person. I’d like to have no dramas in 2018.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
