Overview
- Since February 2026, his passport lists only Thomas Anders, and the birth name Bernd Weidung no longer exists in legal records.
- An airline system failure at Dubai airport capped months of ticket, hotel and digital check‑in problems caused by two different names.
- His management confirmed the change, which the singer framed as a logistical step given decades of public recognition under his stage name.
- His wife, Claudia, updated her official surname to Anders, and his adult son, Alexander, also elected to adopt the Anders surname.
- He described being flagged in Berlin’s KaDeWe when a credit card bearing his birth name prompted suspicion of theft.