旧姓は～
解説 Definition
nee（通常は née）は、既婚女性の現在の姓の後、出生時の姓（旧姓）の前に置く形式的な語です。Jane Smith, née Brown なら「旧姓ブラウンのジェーン・スミス」を意味します。
Nee, more formally written née, is placed before a married woman’s birth surname to indicate the family name she had before marriage. It is mainly used in biographical, genealogical, journalistic, or formal written contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
nee は通常 née と書き、フランス語で「生まれた」を意味する語に由来します。Jane Smith, née Brown では、Smith が現在の姓、Brown が出生時の姓です。発音は主に「ネイ」に近く、形式的な文章や人物紹介で使われます。
Remember nee through its original spelling, née, which literally points to how a woman was “born.” In a form such as “Jane Smith, née Brown,” Smith is the current surname and Brown is the surname at birth. The word usually appears in formal writing, biographies, announcements, and family records rather than ordinary conversation. Its connection with birth also links it historically with words such as native and natal. Do not interpret it as the Japanese conversational sound ねぇ; in English it is a written marker introducing a former or birth surname.
例文
Jane Smith, nee Brown, wrote the report.
旧姓ブラウンのジェーン・スミスがその報告書を書きました。
The archive lists her as Mary Jones, nee Taylor.
その記録では、彼女は旧姓テイラーのメアリー・ジョーンズとして記載されています。
Anna Lee (nee Chen) was born in 1980.
旧姓チェンのアンナ・リーは1980年に生まれました。
nee の類義語・関連語
nee の語源・成り立ち Etymology
neeはフランス語née（旧姓で、〜として生まれた）に由来し、語源はラテン語nasci（生まれる）です。女性名の後で「旧姓は〜」を示す語で、nationやnativeと同じ“生まれる”の語根につながります。
Nee is the unaccented English spelling of French née, the feminine past participle of naître, “to be born.” The French verb ultimately comes from Latin nasci, also meaning “to be born.” This root is related historically to English words such as native, natal, and nation. English preserves the feminine form because the term traditionally introduces a woman’s birth surname, though usage concerning names and gender can vary today.
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