Tina Knowles Reveals That ‘Beyoncé’ Is Her Maiden Name

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Beyoncé got her name from a very special source. Tina Knowles Lawson recently appeared on the “In My Head with Heather Thomson” podcast and revealed the origins of daughter Beyoncé’s name.

RELATED: Beyoncé Shares Photo Of Herself As A Baby “A lot of people don’t know that Beyoncé is my last name. It’s my maiden name,” Knowles explained. “My name was Celestine Beyoncé, which at that time was not a cool thing to have that weird name.

I wanted my name to be Linda Smith because those were the cool names.” “I think me and my brother Skip were the only two that had B-E-Y-O-N-C-E,” she added. “And it’s interesting and it shows you the times because we asked my mother when I was grown I was like why is my brother’s name spelled B-E-Y-I-N-C-E?