Pamela Anderson Considers Name Change for Reinvention

Pamela Anderson wants to ditch her famous name and become Pamela Hyytiäinen instead.

The Baywatch icon revealed she's seriously considering changing her name to honor her Finnish grandfather

Herman Hyytiäinen, who was a logger and poet. She told Vogue Scandinavia he was the closest

person to her in her entire life and she wants to carry on his legacy. The only problem

is they won't let her make the switch official. But there's another reason she's drawn

to the idea beyond honoring her grandfather. Anderson says she loves the concept of reinvention and

starting fresh. She's spent years trying on different versions of herself and believes you

have to peel everything back and start over again and again. This comes during her major career