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A '''birth name''' is the [[name]] of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the [[surname]], the [[given name]], or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a [[birth certificate]] or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's [[legal name]].<ref name="Connexion">{{cite web|url=http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-must-use-womans-maiden-name-correspondence-15398-view-article.html|title=French administration must routinely use woman's maiden name in letters|date=27 January 2014|work=[[The Connexion]]|quote=Laws have existed since the French Revolution stating that 'no citizen can use a first name or surname other than that written on their birth certificate' – but many official organisations address both partners by the husband's surname.|access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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The assumption in the [[Western world]] is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from [[baptism]] or ''[[brit milah]]'') will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some possible changes concern [[middle name]]s, [[diminutive]] forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' [[divorce]] or [[adoption]] by different parents), and changes related to [[gender transition]]. Matters are very different in some cultures in which a birth name is for childhood only, rather than for life.{{cn||reason=please cite with non-Western examples--where birth name is for childhood only|date=June 2022}}<br />
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== Maiden and married names ==<br />
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The French and [[Glossary of French expressions in English|English-adopted]] terms '''née''' and '''né'''<!-- bold because the title redirects here --> ({{IPAc-en|n|eɪ}}; {{IPA-fr|ne|lang}}, {{ety|fr|né[e]|born}}){{efn|Both née and né}} denote an original surname at birth.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=btb1AwAAQBAJ&q=n%C3%A9e+meaning&pg=PA108|title=New Hart's Rules: The Oxford Style Guide|last=Waddingham|first=Anne|date=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-957002-7|language=en}}</ref><br />
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The term ''née'', having [[feminine gender|feminine grammatical gender]], can be used to denote a [[woman|woman's]] [[surname]] at birth that has been replaced or changed. In most English-speaking cultures, it is specifically applied to a woman's [[Maiden and married names|maiden name]] after her surname has changed due to marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/n%C3%A9e?q=n%C3%A9e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113172135/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/n%C3%A9e?q=n%C3%A9e|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2014|title=née – definition of née in English from the Oxford dictionary}}</ref><br />
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The term ''né'', having masculine grammatical gender, can be used to denote a [[man|man's]] surname at birth that has subsequently been replaced or changed.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zPKDAAAQBAJ&q=n%C3%A9+and+n%C3%A9e&pg=PT866|title=Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage|last=Butterfield|first=Jeremy|date=10 March 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-106230-8|language=en}}</ref> The diacritic marks (the [[acute accent]]) are considered significant to its spelling, and ultimately its meaning, but are sometimes omitted.<ref name="auto" /><br />
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According to [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]]'s ''[[A Dictionary of Modern English Usage|Dictionary of Modern English Usage]]'', the terms are typically placed after the current surname (e.g., "[[Margaret Thatcher]], née Roberts" or "[[Bill Clinton]], né Blythe").<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xv4CwAAQBAJ&q=usage+of+n%C3%A9+and+n%C3%A9e&pg=PT2246|title=Garner's Modern English Usage|last=Garner|first=Bryan|date=11 March 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-049150-5|language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto" /> Since they are terms adopted into English (from French), they do not have to be [[Italic type|italicized]], but they often are.<ref name="auto1" /><br />
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In [[Polish name#Multiple surnames of married women|Polish tradition]], the term {{lang|pl|de domo}} (literally meaning "of the house" in [[Latin]]) may be used, with rare exceptions, meaning the same as ''née''.{{efn|In historical contexts, "de domo" may refer to a Polish [[heraldic clan]], e.g. "Paulus de [[Glownia]] nobilis de domo [[Godzamba]]" (Paul of Glownia noble family, of [[Godziemba coat of arms]]). ''See also [[De domo (disambiguation)]].''}}<br />
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