nee

[ ney ]

/ neɪ /

born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name): Madame de Staël, nee Necker.

Origin of nee

1750–60; < French, feminine of né (past participle of naître to be born) ≪ Latin nātus (see native)

Jemima Khan, nee Goldsmith, is the daughter of one of Britain's richest men, Sir Jimmy Goldsmith, who died in 1997.

Masseuse Claims Assault by Russell Brand |Tom Sykes |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Rooney, nee Joe Yule, Jr., always understood his role in life.

Mickey Rooney Was Hollywood’s Golden Age Showman |Lorenza Muñoz |April 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Still more celebs: Hank Williams, Jr., headlined for John McCain in Fayetteville ( nee Fort Bragg) Tuesday afternoon.

My Front Row Seat in the Nation's Strangest Swing State |Jim Neal |October 30, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
Wilt thou be sworn thou seest dame Chat this woman's nee'le have?Diccon.

Gammer Gurton's Needle |Mr. S. Mr. of Art

At after we lost him, these bad times coom on, an' neaw, aw think we're poo'd deawn as nee to th' greawnd as ony body can be.

Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine |Edwin Waugh
He has almost undone us all—that is as true as steel— And yet for all this great ado cham never the near my nee'le!Baily.

Gammer Gurton's Needle |Mr. S. Mr. of Art
Helen Comer, nee Cruitt, was a widow with four youngsters when he met her 54 years ago.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States |Work Projects Administration
Come down and help to seek here our nee'le, that it were found.

Gammer Gurton's Needle |Mr. S. Mr. of Art

née

/ (neɪ) /

indicating the maiden name of a married woman Mrs Bloggs née Blandish

C19: from French: past participle (fem) of naître to be born, from Latin nascī