Maiden name
A "maiden name" is the family name carried by a woman before any of her marriages. A maiden name may be indicated using the word "née" (pronounced as either "nay" or "nee"), from the French for "born", hence Margaret Hilda Thatcher née Roberts.
Celebrity women who took their husbands' names professionally
- Kathie Lee Gifford, née Epstein
- Melania Trump, née Knauss
- Gloria Estefan, née Fajardo
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck, née Pilarski
- Kathleen Parker
- Michelle Malkin, née Maglalang
- Victoria Beckham, née Adams
- Dina Eastwood, née Ruiz
- Nikki Ziering, née Schieler
- Jenna Elfman, née Butala
- Martie Maguire, née Erwin
- Emily Robison, née Erwin
- Jamie-Lynn DiScala, nee Sigler
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Maiden name marriage customs |
| ► | Legal status of maiden and married names |
| ► | Use of maiden names in genealogy |
| ► | Celebrity women who took their husbands' names professionally |
| ► | See also |
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