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In common usage, it often appears like this:

Jane Doe (née Dawson) announced the birth of a baby...

The "née" indicates that Jane's last name had changed from Dawson to Doe. Sometimes, the person's entire original name is written, but that is usually only in special cases: conventionally, née indicates a birth name, that is, a surname, as forenames are deemed to be given after birth, as at Infant baptism (also called paedobaptism and pedobaptism), the baptism of the infant children of believers, is an ancient custom of much of Christianity, including the Roman Catholic church, the Orthodox churches, Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Methodists, to name a few. Churches with the name Baptist in their titles usually practice... christenings. Nee (without accent or gender, as an English word) indicates a former name, rather than necessarily a birth name.

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• A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. The given name may be single, or several names may be given (the latter are known as middle names). In the latter case, one... Given name
• Here are some examples of French words and phrases used by English speakers. There are many words of French origin in English, such as croissant, baguette, déjà vu, naïve, police, role (or rôle), routine, machine, and hors dœuvres, but this article covers only words and... French phrases used by English speakers