NEE (nay)
French
word meaning 'born' used to indicate the maiden name of a married
woman
Common
clues:
Society page word; Formerly;
Name-dropper's word?; Wedding announcement word; Upper crust
word; Born; Once called; Miss-named?
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
15 times a year
Frequency
in English language:
26536 / 86800
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Family History Site:
We
don't see this word so often these days, but when we do it is
usually née.
It used to be that a recently married woman might be introduced
as "Julia Winters née Summers", where the née
indicated that her
maiden name followed. Why, you ask? Because née
is the feminine form
of the past participle of French naître
"to be born",
so that "Julia Winters née Summers" means,
literally, "Julia Winters born [Julia] Summers".
It first turns up in the written record in 1758.
From:
“Take
Our Word for It”,
Issue 169, page 2
NEE
(863) 101 We >1 08 Born
60
We+ >1 06 Society page word
37
Tu+ >1 07 Maiden name preceder
28
We- >1 07 Wedding page word
23
Th >1 06 Once called
22
Th- >1 06 Formerly AGO
21
Th- >1 06 Once known as
19
We >1 04 Formerly named
18
Tu+ >1 09 Formerly called
18
Th >1 05 Originally
15
>1 07 Born in Bordeaux
15
Tu >1 99 Born: Fr.
15
We- >1 08 Formerly known as
15
We- >1 93 Society-page word
14
We- >1 98 Bridal bio word
14
Th >1 99 Family tree word
14
We- >1 03 Originally named
13
Mo+ >1 04 Born as
12
We+ >1 08 Miss-named?
12
We+ >1 99 Originally called
10
We- >1 08 Born, in Bordeaux
09
French born
9
We >1 08 Alumna bio word
9
Mo >1 05 Born in France
9
Tu- >1 01 Word before a maiden name
4
We+ >1 09 O'Hara plantation
4
Th- >1 04 Twelve Oaks neighbor
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