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SaveWhich Celebrity Kept Her Birth Name?
Only one of these women kept the name on her birth certificate. Can you guess?
In the July 2005 issue of American Baby magazine, we asked you which celebrity kept her birth name: Faith Hill, Minnie Driver, Britney Spears, or Demi Moore.
If you guessed Brit, then oops, you did it again! Only Ms. Spears -- or, the new Mrs. Kevin Federline -- has kept her birth name. Born Britney Jean Spears in 1981 in Kentwood, Louisiana, her 1999 ...Baby One More Time album sold six million copies, making her a household face and name. (And culprit, if you've ever had that song on replay in your head over and over and....)
Kevin and Britney are expecting their first baby in the fall of 2005, and despite her star status, the mom-to-be has been quoted complaining about the same "terrible" morning sickness that plagues non-celeb moms. We wish Britney the best on her pregnancy!
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Faith in Her Name
Audrey Faith Perry Hill -- or just Faith, as we know her -- was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1967. The country music star hasn't commented on what prompted her to change her name, but she is vocal about balancing her music career with her other full-time jobs as wife to country music singer Tim McGraw and mom to three kids.
"The biggest issue for me now is how to take it all in," Hill reported to Warner Brothers Records. "It's a challenge. I'm just learning how to take time for myself. Frankly, the thing that I want most out of life is normality. It's difficult, but I try to find time for myself. It's a daily struggle, certainly not a daily accomplishment."
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Moore to the Story
Demi Moore is either best known for her teary-eyed role in Ghost (1990) or her romance with much-younger TV troublemaker Ashton Kutcher. What she's not known for, however, is the name "Demetria Gene Guynes," which she was born with.
Demi's own children's names also run the gamut from traditional to "say it again?": Tallulah Belle, Scout LaRue, and Rumer Glenn.
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A Step Up in Style
Minnie Driver, star of films such as The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Good Will Hunting (1997), and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), didn't choose anything much different from her original name -- Amelia -- for her new one. Though she hasn't admitted this, we might guess that she made the switch because she learned that while "Amelia" means "hardworking," "Minnie" means "of extraordinary beauty."
