Is Melania Trump folksgerman?

[Mortimer]

I just saw her maiden name was Melania Knauß that sounds German to me.

 

[bluzman61]

I just saw her maiden name was Melania Knauß that sounds German to me.

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[DrLove]

I just saw her maiden name was Melania Knauß that sounds German to me.

Like the original Drumpf family, Mel changed her name.

Perhaps the most private — certainly the most mysterious — member of the Trump family, the first lady does not reveal much about herself to the public. One thing we know for sure that's not often talked about is that the spelling of Melania Trump's first name is actually Melanija. In case you didn't know, the first lady was born Melanija Knavs in Slovenia in the 1970s, and her name continues to spark curiosity among the American public.​

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The timeline on when or even why the first lady decided to Germanize her name isn't clear, but Trump initially spelled her maiden surname as Knavs, then later on Knauss. After dating Donald Trump during the late 1990s and early 2000s, she eventually became Mrs. Trump — wife to one of New York City's most prominent business tycoons.​

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Trump hasn't publicly spoken about her name or its eventual Germanization. But there is one possible explanation for why she went from Melanija to Melania and Knavs to Knauss, and that takes us to her former profession: modeling.​

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In 1996, she moved to New York City and signed with the now-defunct modeling agency Metropolitan International Management. You might already know that altering one's name in the fashion industry is nothing new and often done to brand identities as more approachable and marketable, but it could very well be that Trump changed her name to better assimilate into Western culture.​

Melania Trump's Name Change Was So Subtle You Would've Missed It If You Blinked

Perhaps the most private — certainly the most mysterious — member of the Trump family, the first lady does not reveal much about herself to the public. One thing we know for sure that's not often talked about is that the spelling of Melania Trump's…

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[ImAlwaysRight]

I just saw her maiden name was Melania Knauß that sounds German to me.

Melania grew up in the Yugoslav Republic of Slovenia.

 

[Mortimer]

I just saw her maiden name was Melania Knauß that sounds German to me.

Melania grew up in the Yugoslav Republic of Slovenia.

I know but there are people of German origin in Yugoslavia Hungary Czech even Russia

 

[ImAlwaysRight]

I just saw her maiden name was Melania Knauß that sounds German to me.

Like the original Drumpf family, Mel changed her name.

Perhaps the most private — certainly the most mysterious — member of the Trump family, the first lady does not reveal much about herself to the public. One thing we know for sure that's not often talked about is that the spelling of Melania Trump's first name is actually Melanija. In case you didn't know, the first lady was born Melanija Knavs in Slovenia in the 1970s, and her name continues to spark curiosity among the American public.​

​

The timeline on when or even why the first lady decided to Germanize her name isn't clear, but Trump initially spelled her maiden surname as Knavs, then later on Knauss. After dating Donald Trump during the late 1990s and early 2000s, she eventually became Mrs. Trump — wife to one of New York City's most prominent business tycoons.​

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Trump hasn't publicly spoken about her name or its eventual Germanization. But there is one possible explanation for why she went from Melanija to Melania and Knavs to Knauss, and that takes us to her former profession: modeling.​

​

In 1996, she moved to New York City and signed with the now-defunct modeling agency Metropolitan International Management. You might already know that altering one's name in the fashion industry is nothing new and often done to brand identities as more approachable and marketable, but it could very well be that Trump changed her name to better assimilate into Western culture.​

Melania Trump's Name Change Was So Subtle You Would've Missed It If You Blinked

Perhaps the most private — certainly the most mysterious — member of the Trump family, the first lady does not reveal much about herself to the public. One thing we know for sure that's not often talked about is that the spelling of Melania Trump's…

www.bustle.com

Wrong on both counts! Like many Immigrants, she has adapted her name to the American spelling and pronunciation.

 

[DrLove]

Wrong on both counts! Like many Immigrants, she has adapted her name to the American spelling and pronunciation.

Like the Drumpf family? Damn immigrants!

What Trump's ancestral village in Germany thinks of him – DW – 02/06/2019

Donald Trump's ancestors came from a tiny German wine village. We asked locals what they think of the US presidential candidate - and found out that the "Drumpfs" are long gone.

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