How do I change the name of the owner of my MacBook pro

So my laptop somehow chose my moms name for the "owner's name" for my laptop. So everything says it's hers. How can I change it so that instead of her name- it's mine? This isn't just on the user icon when you log in- I changed that to my name, but everything else is in her name.

Hi Kellie,
Change computer name in System Preferences > Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428

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