Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24006535-20140627223204/@comment-4324417-20140628043107

Agente-Leite wrote: Everyone knows that Clark Kent and Kal-El is the name of the same person (versions of some dimensions ignore that), but what I'm seeing is that in most articles about Superman, I see that Kal-El is the real name and Clark Kent appears as alias instead of legal name, that is wrong.

Therefore: The name "Kal-El" was given to Superman by her biological parents (Jor-El and Lara) and is named so by the Kryptonians and (maybe) by other aliens for being birth name;

The name "Clark Kent" was given to Superman by his adoptive parents (Jonathan and Martha Kent) and is called by earthlings for being legal name.

One thing I can show is that in this article, both names are correctly added, but in this and other articles, no. As User:Byfield explained to me. Around here, we generally use the character's birth name, rather than names hailing from marriage, or adoption. Or at least that's what I got out of what he said anyway.