Celebs who changed their last names after marriage

Kourtney Kardashian wasted no time in adding her husband Travis Barker's last name to her own. On May 23, she updated her name to "Kourtney Kardashian Barker" in her Instagram profile, and she shared a photo of their wedding in Portofino with the caption, "Introducing Mr. And Mrs. Barker." She also revealed in an Instagram Story that she'd had her new initials stitched onto her Dolce & Gabbana wedding dress. While it's understandable why the reality TV star wouldn't give up her maiden name, she's clearly very excited to have another name to add.

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Kim Kardashian to Kim Kardashian West and back -

Of course, no one expected Kim Kardashian to drop her last name when she married Kanye "Ye" West, but she did add on her husband's last name and subsequently launched her KKW Beauty brand to match her new initials. Amid their ongoing divorce, however, Kim decided to drop the "West" surname and go back to having just her maiden name, which is, we might add, a billion-dollar name at this point.

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Hailey Baldwin to Hailey Bieber - Baldwin rose to fame as a model and TV personality. She is also the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin.

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Hailey Baldwin to Hailey Bieber - Baldwin has been pictured with Bieber since 2015, and the couple reportedly got married in October 2018. Baldwin changed her Instagram name to Hailey Bieber.

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Victoria Adams to Victoria Beckham - Victoria Adams was once the real name of Posh Spice, who got famous with the Spice Girls back in the '90s.

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Victoria Adams to Victoria Beckham - In July 1999, Victoria married David Beckham, taking his famous last name. The couple have stayed strong ever since.

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Salma Hayek to Salma Hayek Pinault - Hayek is a Hollywood icon who has starred in films like 'Desperado' and 'From Dusk till Dawn.'

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Salma Hayek to Salma Hayek Pinault - The Mexican actress married François-Henri Pinault, a French businessman, in 2009. She has changed her name to Salma Hayek Pinault.

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Angelina Jolie to Angelina Jolie Pitt - You know Jolie as the Oscar-winning star of films like 'Girl, Interrupted' and 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.'

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Angelina Jolie to Angelina Jolie Pitt - She married Brad Pitt in 2014, and changed her name around the same time. She used Angelina Jolie Pitt for a New York Times byline, and again at the Kids’ Choice Awards in 2015. Yet the two are now divorcing.

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Portia de Rossi to Portia DeGeneres - Portia married Ellen DeGeneres in 2008, and took her world-famous surname.

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Portia de Rossi to Portia DeGeneres - The actress rose to fame in 'Ally McBeal.' Professionally she still goes by Portia de Rossi, but on paper she shares a surname with her high-profile wife.

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Miranda Lambert to Miranda Shelton - Lambert is a successful country singer who worked with Blake Shelton before marrying him in 2011.

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Miranda Lambert to Miranda Shelton - Lambert reportedly changed her name to Miranda Shelton in 2011. However, the couple recently split, with Miranda releasing a new song: 'Got My Name Changed Back.'

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Jenna Dewan to Jenna Dewan Tatum - Dewan got her start as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson before eventually starring in films like 'Tamara' and 'Step Up.' It was on the set of this last film that she met her future husband.

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Jenna Dewan to Jenna Dewan Tatum - Dewan married Channing Tatum in 2009, and changed her name to Jenna Dewan Tatum on social media. The couple have since split up, and she is back to using Jenna Dewan.

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Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson to Fergie Duhamel - Fergie found fame as one quarter of The Black Eyed Peas, though she has since left the group.

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Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson to Fergie Duhamel - Originally named Stacy Ann Ferguson, Fergie changed her name to Fergie Duhamel after she married actor Josh Duhamel in 2009. The couple separated in 2017.

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Vanessa Minnillo to Vanessa Lachey - Minnillo made it as a TV personality, appearing on shows like 'Total Request Line' and 'Entertainment Tonight.'

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Vanessa Minnillo to Vanessa Lachey - Minnillo married singer Nick Lachey in 2011. Why did she drop her last name? “I'm old fashioned and I want[ed] to,” she told Access Hollywood.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar to Sarah Michelle Prinze - Gellar is best known for playing the title character on TV show 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' She married Freddie Prinze Jr. in 2002, but changed her name much later.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar to Sarah Michelle Prinze - In an interview, the actress said, “I'd been meaning to change my last name to Prinze, but I just hadn't gotten off my lazy a*** to get it changed.” She eventually got it changed in 2007, but still goes by Sarah Michelle Gellar professionally.

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Katy Perry to Katy Brand - Born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, the singer was once married to comedian Russell Brand.

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Katy Perry to Katy Brand - In 2010, reports surfaced that this singer was to use Brand as her last name. However, the couple divorced in 2012.

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Demi Guynes to Demi Moore - The 'G.I. Jane' actress was born Demi Guynes.

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Demi Guynes to Demi Moore - Demi married musician Freddy Moore in 1980, and has used his surname ever since. They divorced in 1985 and she went on to marry, and divorce, actors Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher.

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Jessica Biel to Jessica Timberlake - The '7th Heaven' actress was famous long before she met Justin Timberlake. She has a pretty memorable name, but changed it when she married him in 2012.

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Jessica Biel to Jessica Timberlake - “I think I really won the jackpot of names,” she told People.

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Meghan Markle to Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor - This celeb shares a name with her best-known role, Rachel Zane of 'Suits.' She was born Rachel Meghan Markle, but dropped her official first name.

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Meghan Markle to Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor -

When Markle married Prince Harry, she changed her name in the process. Her name has been reportedly changed to Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor. Of course, everyone still refers to her as Meghan Markle...

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Kourtney Kardashian to Kourtney Kardashian Barker -

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Kim Kardashian to Kim Kardashian West and back -

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Hailey Baldwin to Hailey Bieber - Baldwin rose to fame as a model and TV personality. She is also the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin.

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Hailey Baldwin to Hailey Bieber - Baldwin has been pictured with Bieber since 2015, and the couple reportedly got married in October 2018. Baldwin changed her Instagram name to Hailey Bieber.

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Victoria Adams to Victoria Beckham - Victoria Adams was once the real name of Posh Spice, who got famous with the Spice Girls back in the '90s.

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Victoria Adams to Victoria Beckham - In July 1999, Victoria married David Beckham, taking his famous last name. The couple have stayed strong ever since.

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Salma Hayek to Salma Hayek Pinault - Hayek is a Hollywood icon who has starred in films like 'Desperado' and 'From Dusk till Dawn.'

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Salma Hayek to Salma Hayek Pinault - The Mexican actress married François-Henri Pinault, a French businessman, in 2009. She has changed her name to Salma Hayek Pinault.

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Angelina Jolie to Angelina Jolie Pitt - You know Jolie as the Oscar-winning star of films like 'Girl, Interrupted' and 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.'

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Portia de Rossi to Portia DeGeneres - Portia married Ellen DeGeneres in 2008, and took her world-famous surname.

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Portia de Rossi to Portia DeGeneres - The actress rose to fame in 'Ally McBeal.' Professionally she still goes by Portia de Rossi, but on paper she shares a surname with her high-profile wife.

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Miranda Lambert to Miranda Shelton - Lambert is a successful country singer who worked with Blake Shelton before marrying him in 2011.

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Miranda Lambert to Miranda Shelton - Lambert reportedly changed her name to Miranda Shelton in 2011. However, the couple recently split, with Miranda releasing a new song: 'Got My Name Changed Back.'

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Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson to Fergie Duhamel - Fergie found fame as one quarter of The Black Eyed Peas, though she has since left the group.

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Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson to Fergie Duhamel - Originally named Stacy Ann Ferguson, Fergie changed her name to Fergie Duhamel after she married actor Josh Duhamel in 2009. The couple separated in 2017.

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Vanessa Minnillo to Vanessa Lachey - Minnillo made it as a TV personality, appearing on shows like 'Total Request Line' and 'Entertainment Tonight.'

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Vanessa Minnillo to Vanessa Lachey - Minnillo married singer Nick Lachey in 2011. Why did she drop her last name? “I'm old fashioned and I want[ed] to,” she told Access Hollywood.

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Katy Perry to Katy Brand - Born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, the singer was once married to comedian Russell Brand.

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Katy Perry to Katy Brand - In 2010, reports surfaced that this singer was to use Brand as her last name. However, the couple divorced in 2012.

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Demi Guynes to Demi Moore - The 'G.I. Jane' actress was born Demi Guynes.

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Jessica Biel to Jessica Timberlake - The '7th Heaven' actress was famous long before she met Justin Timberlake. She has a pretty memorable name, but changed it when she married him in 2012.

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Jessica Biel to Jessica Timberlake - “I think I really won the jackpot of names,” she told People.

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Meghan Markle to Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor - This celeb shares a name with her best-known role, Rachel Zane of 'Suits.' She was born Rachel Meghan Markle, but dropped her official first name.

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Meghan Markle to Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor -

When Markle married Prince Harry, she changed her name in the process. Her name has been reportedly changed to Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor. Of course, everyone still refers to her as Meghan Markle...

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Celebs who changed their last names after marriage

Jennifer Lopez is now officially Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck

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Your name is your brand in show business. Entertainers change their names all the time in an attempt to become A-listers, but sometimes they also drop their famous last names.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck gave the world the good news it needed by announcing their marriage on Sunday, July 17. The couple finally tied the knot in Las Vegas almost 20 years after they first started dating. After nearly two decades apart, their 2021 reunion seemed like fate. As Lopez wrote in her newsletter hours after the wedding, “Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient." However, the marriage wasn't the only surprise! Lopez signed the letter with her new legal name: Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck.

Lopez, or should we say Affleck, revealed as far back as 2003 that she would take Ben Affleck's last name when they got married. Sadly, their original engagement was broken off in 2004, but finally, Mrs. Affleck can change her letterhead.

Here's a list of other celebs who dropped their famous last names, swapping them for their significant others' surnames.