Wrexham owner Rob McElhenney files legal documents to officially change his name

Wrexham FC co-owner Rob McElhenney has filed documents to legally change his name.

The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star, whose character in the show is known as Mac, wants to be known .by the name Rob Mac in real-life, according to documents filed in Los Angeles. The shortened versions of his first and last names are a far cry from his full title of Robert McElhenney III.

He first mentioned his intention to change his name in an interview with US outlet Variety in May, telling them: “As our business and our storytelling is expanding into other regions of the world and other languages in which my name is even harder to pronounce, I’m just going by Rob Mac.

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McElhenney's wife and It's Sunny in Philadelphia co-star Kaitlin Olson has said the couple’s kids are not in favour of the change and suggested she is also concerned about it. She said: “The kids are really not happy about it because they have that last name. And so do I, legally!”.

He launched private company “More Better Industries” in 2024, and was part owner of Philadelphia bar “Mac’s Tavern,” which announced Monday it was closing after 15 years in business.

McElhenney, 48, and fellow Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds, 48, bought Wrexham football club in 2021. They have since been credited with a 50 per cent surge in visitors to the Welsh city after charting the club's rise to the Championship on Disney+ series Welcome to Wrexham.

The show is a big hit in the US, where last month alone more than 300,000 people searched for Wrexham content on internet site Reddit.

Tourism chiefs say it is part of the set-jet trend inspired by what people see on TV.