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Tina Knowles-Lawson tells how an inaccurate birth certificate lead to Beyoncรฉ's iconic name
Read full article: Tina Knowles-Lawson tells how an inaccurate birth certificate lead to Beyoncรฉ's iconic nameHOUSTON โ Have you ever wondered how pop icon Beyoncรฉ received her name? Well, her mother Tina Knowles-Lawson shared the story behind the naming of her daughter on the podcast โIn My Head With Heather Thomson.โShe said Beyoncรฉ is actually her maiden named, spelled incorrectly by people that didnโt bother to correct it. โItโs interesting because a lot of people donโt know that Beyoncรฉ is my last name,โ Knowles-Lawson said on the podcast. My name was Celestine Beyoncรฉ, which at that time was not a cool thing, to have that weird name. When she asked her mother why her last name was spelled incorrectly, her mother said that is what they put on the birth certificate.