What was Napoleon Bonaparte's name before he changed it?

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Corsica, which was then under the control of the Republic of Genoa. His birth name was Napoleone di Buonaparte, as his family belonged to the Italian nobility. However, after the French took control of Corsica in 1768, his father, Charles Bonaparte, anglicized his name to Charles Bonaparte to fit in with the French administration. As a result, Napoleon also changed his name to Napoleon Bonaparte when he began his military and political career in France. The name change was a way for him to align himself with his new environment and distance himself from his Italian heritage in order to appeal to the French society and rise through the ranks.