What was Marilyn Monroes real name?
The name that appears on Marilyn’s birth certificate is Norma Jeane Mortenson. She was baptized Norma Jeane Baker. Baker was the last name of her mother, Gladys’, first husband, Mortenson the last name of her second husband. When she married James Dougherty, she became Norma Jeane Dougherty, and when she married Joe DiMaggio she became Norma Jeane DiMaggio. She legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe in 1956, although she had been using the name publically since 1946. During her marriage to Arthur Miller, she went by Marilyn Monroe Miller, the initials “MMM” appear on various items. Although it is not uncommon to see Norma Jeane spelled Norma Jean, with no “e” on the end, the spelling on her birth certificate and other legal documents is Jeane with the “e”.
