Beyoncé may be one of the most famous names in the world, but it's actually a family moniker. Tina Knowles-Lawson, the mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, opened up about the origins of her eldest's daughter's name in a recent podcast interview, revealing it's actually her maiden name. “A lot of people don’t know that Beyoncé is my last name.
It’s my maiden name," Tina revealed on the podcast. «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.» Tina, who was the youngest of seven kids, noted that her siblings had different spellings of their last name. «All of us have a different spelling.
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