10 celebrities who changed their names after getting married as Millie Bobby Brown announces new title
Millie Bobby Brown is no longer Millie Bobby Brown, the Stranger Things star recently revealed... and she's not the only one to change her name after tying the knot.
Brown's name has been on everyone's lips of late after the first instalment of the fifth season of Stranger Things finally dropped on Netflix last week.
The 21-year-old and her co-stars have been doing press in the run-up to its release, and she was recently paired up with best friend Noah Schnapp for an interview.
In the interview, Schnapp was asked what her full name was, which he got wrong multiple times. The Enola Holmes actress went on to clarify: "It's Millie Bonnie Bongiovi."
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Bonnie has always been her middle name, while she's taken on the moniker Bongiovi after marrying now-husband Jake Bongiovi (the son of Jon Bon Jovi) last year.
And the young star isn't alone in doing this, as many other famous faces have changed their names over the years too...
Demi Moore
Moore has been married to two of the most famous men in Hollywood: Ashton Kutcher and Bruce Willis. But before she wed Willis and Kutcher, she was married to singer Freddy Moore.
Her maiden name is Guynes.
The actress was just a teenager when she wed Freddy, and they divorced after four years of marriage. She kept her surname as Moore after their divorce as she'd already established herself professionally with that moniker.
Jessica Biel
Biel married Justin Timberlake in 2012 and shares two sons with the 'SexyBack' hitmaker.
Upon doing so, she legally took on the name Timberlake.
Speaking after their nuptials, Biel confirmed to PEOPLE: "Yes, I’m changing my name. My professional name will still be the same, but for life, yes, I think it sounds great.
"I think I really won the jackpot of names!"
Sophie Turner
Game of Thrones alumni Turner married Joe Jonas in 2019, and she is said to have taken on his famous surname, but remained as Turner professionally.
Sadly, the pair called time on their marriage in 2023 and finalized their divorce a year later.
Reportedly, the actress is now dating Coldplay frontman Chris Martin after his split from longtime girlfriend Dakota Johnson.
Jennifer Lopez
Lopez, better known as J.Lo, wed Ben Affleck in 2022 almost two decades after the Hollywood stars called off their initial engagement.
After they tied the knot, Lopez signed off her infamously candid 'On the J.Lo' newsletter with: "With love, Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck."
This isn't the first time she changed her name, though.
When she wed Marc Anthony (real name Marco Antonio Muñiz), the father of her twins, she legally changed her surname to Muñiz. The singer reverted back to Lopez after their divorce.
Kelly Clarkson
As of 2022, Clarkson's legal name has been Kelly Brianne. She changed her name shortly after finalizing her divorce from Brandon Blackstock, who passed away in August at the age of 48.
In a court filing obtained by PEOPLE at the time of her name change request, the 'Breakaway' singer said that Kelly Brianne 'more fully reflects who I am'.
Miley Cyrus
Cyrus took on ex-husband Liam Hemsworth's surname during their two-year-long marriage and was legally Miley Ray Hemsworth.
"She will still be, obviously, known as Miley Cyrus, but she took my name, which is great," Hemsworth said on Live with Kelly and Ryan shortly after they wed.
"I think that was honestly one of the best things about it. I didn’t ask her to take my name, and then she was like, 'No, of course I’m taking your name'."
The 'Flowers' singer has since reverted back to Cyrus following their divorce in 2020.
Vanessa Lachey
Lachey took her husband Nick Lachey's name on both professionally and personally after their wedding in 2012 — a decision she insists she made herself.
The Love Is Blind host told Access Hollywood, via PEOPLE: "We talked about it and he was so sweet. He said, 'Whatever you want, I understand.' And I said, 'But would it mean a lot to you if I took it? Because I’m old fashioned and I want to'.
"And he said, 'What guy wouldn’t want their girl to take their name fully?’ [But] He didn’t push me, no, no, no."
Priyanka Chopra
Baywatch actress Chopra took on Nick Jonas' name when she married the singer in 2018. Instead of completely changing her name, however, Chopra simply added Jonas onto hers and now goes by Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
Explaining why she added his name to hers, Chopra once told Jimmy Fallon: "I don’t take away my identity. He gets added to who I am."
Jenna Dewan
Like Chopra, when Dewan wed Channing Tatum, she simply added the Magic Mike star's name to hers.
The two actors were married for 10 years before parting ways in 2019. While Dewan had two surnames, the celebrity pair's daughter, 12-year-old Everly, just goes by Tatum.
Kim Kardashian
Kardashian wed rapper Kanye West in 2014 and added his surname to hers, going by Kim Kardashian West.
The high-profile pair split in 2022 and, shortly after Kardashian was declared legally single, she reverted back to just Kardashian on her social pages.
However, it's unclear if the reality TV star turned business mogul legally removed West from her name after their divorce.
Reports at the time suggested she was going to keep it so that she had the same name as her children.
Topics: Millie Bobby Brown, Entertainment, Celebrity, News, Kim Kardashian, Kelly Clarkson, Demi Moore, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Lopez, Sophie Turner
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