What does née Stage mean?

"née" means "maiden name", so her name before she got married was Clarnell Elizabeth Stage.

"Née" (for women) and "né" (for men) mean "born", and denote a name that someone had at birth but no longer uses – often, though not always, a woman's surname before marriage.

- Née = originally called (women) - Né = originally called (men) Note, that's just like fiancé (an engaged man) and fiancée (an engaged woman). 'Stage', in this context, is the previous name. 'Née' is most commonly used when mentioning the name of a woman prior to marriage, although it can be used at other times, like with other legal name changes. The male 'né' appears to be far less common, likely due to men traditionally not being the ones to change their names following marriage.

What the previous commenter said! It's her maiden name. But it's actually a conjugation of a French loan word—"naître"—meaning "to be born." It's the name she was given when she was born. So you could also say "Clarnell Elizabeth Kemper (born Stage)."

It's french. It translates as born. "Née" for woman and "Né" for men. In this context means the name she was given on birth.

See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nee

“Née” is used to indicate a woman’s maiden name (surname at birth) if it’s different than her married name. So she was born ‘Clarnell Elizabeth Stage’, but changed to ‘Clarnell Elizabeth Kemper’ when she married Edmund.

Curious usage of French in English to denote her maiden name. So “né” is the *participe passé* of the French verb “naître” (to be born) that can be used as an adjective. And in that case you add a final e for the feminine form because it has to concord.

Fun fact, Google exists: Née Stage" means that "Stage" is the maiden name (birth surname) of a woman, typically used after she has married and taken her husband's last name; essentially, it indicates that she was "born" as "Stage" before changing her surname through marriage. Key points about "née":     Origin: The word "née" comes from the French word "née" which means "born". Usage: It's primarily used to identify a woman's family name before marriage. Example: "Jane Smith, née Jones" means Jane's maiden name was Jones before she married and took the last name Smith. Née Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Merriam-Webster

That means that “Stage” is her maiden name (her last name before marriage)

Dictionaries are extremely helpful.

as a native speaker i have never heard this lol

née (female form) or né (male form) is french for born, indicating what surname they were born with

Née means of or born from (women). In old Spanish it’s Olivia (de Soto) Silva. The (de Soto) means born of Soto. Similarly used in English. Usually to infer the maiden name or of which house (lineage) someone is from. In Spanish you rarely see people use (de) in their last names and rarer still in English as most people don’t carry on this tradition anymore though in English if you take your husband’s last name you would formally declare your lineage. In Spanish it was more gender neutral.

I had never heard this, but apparently it just means "surname at birth"

Née means born in French. Traditionally used for listing the maiden name of a woman. So, in this case, the née Stage means that the person’s last name at birth was “Stage”. Nowadays it can also used for anyone that changed their name at some point or went by a different name in public, such as in cases of pseudonyms of authors, for example.

# Collins # née (neɪ ) also nee You use née after a married woman's name and before you [mention](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mention) the [surname](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/surname) she had before she [got](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/get) married. All other English dictionaries concur, so basically: maiden name If a person used to use another name you will simply describe it as: previously known/called (I know, as I changed my name as an adult, but not as a result of a marriage)

Née it’s French for born (females). Né it’s for males.

No idea

I know it's a conjugation of the French verb naitre (to be born), but i've never heard it in an English context