Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "தைகா வைதிதி" in Tamil language version.
[Cohen] is still my name. It's actually the name on my passport and driver's licence and everything.
"Cohen" is the name on his birth certificate and "Waititi" is his father's surname, but his current choice of surname doesn't signal a shift in identity.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)His dad and I always had agreed that when Taika was, before he was born, that if he arrived looking like a Pākehā we'd name him after my dad and his Māori grandfather would–his name would be second, and if he arrived as a Māori then we would reverse it and he, of course, we know what he looks like, so he's Taika David.
"Cohen" is the name on his birth certificate and "Waititi" is his father's surname, but his current choice of surname doesn't signal a shift in identity.
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