This is her name, really

HONOLULU (AP) - December 31, 2013

When the name is Janice "Lokelani" Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, the answer is a LOT of letters.

Like 36 in the last name alone.

And now the Hawaiian woman is able to have each and every letter of that freight-train of a name on her driver's license and state ID card.

The state Department of Transportation had a policy that left room for names up to 35 characters.

But her name has 35 letters, plus an okina - a mark used in the Hawaiian alphabet.

Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele fought to change the rule - and now state policy allows 40 characters for last names, 40 for first names and 35 for middle names.

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