Beyonce name mystery solved
Beyoncé’s
maternal uncle Roland Beyince revealed
at the premiere of her HBO doc “Life Is But a Dream” that the singer’s
evocative name was inspired by his side of the family. “My sister Tina [Knowles]
didn’t think we had enough boys in the family to keep the [Beyince] name
going, so she gave Beyoncé our last name as the first name,” he said. (Or,
at least she gave Beyoncé [above] a similar name.)
Beyince revealed the news to Hampton Sheet publisher Joan Jedell at
the Ziegfeld. The Beyince clan later headed to an after-party at Christie’s.