2329: Née & Né May 4, 2021

Often for biographical information, previous names, especially ones used before marriage, are listed after 'née'. This is a French participle meaning 'born' and as such takes grammatical gender (here, feminine) that it wouldn't if it were acting as a verb. Rarer, there is also therefore a masculine 'né' which can be used in used in cases where men replace their last-names after marriage such as for Jack White (né Gillis) or sometimes for professional reasons such Sting (né Gordon Sumner). The latter might be more common with legal name changes even when professional, like Teller's mononym those this was once his last name.