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Née has long been used in English, as in French, to pair a woman’s married name with her maiden name. Since women are more likely to change their names in adulthood, the feminine-inflected form of this French word, spelled with a second letter e, is the one most widely used and recognized. While in French a man’s original name would be noted with the masculine form ��é , some English speakers are only familiar with the form ��é��. It is not uncommon to see this feminine form used for masculine names, or inanimate objects: the Tennessee Titans, ��é�� the Houston Oilers. On the other hand, because English has no gender inflection, it is normal for borrowed words to lose gender markings, so the masculine form ��é is also sometimes seen modifying a woman’s name: Marilyn Monroe, ��é Norma Jean Mortensen.