Image Credit: Angela Weiss/Getty ImagesSome names just roll off the tongue, don’t they? Portia de Rossi had one of those, earning her a place just below Mariska Hargitay on my list of names I wish I had instead of my own. But the AP reports she’s now Portia DeGeneres after the court granted her petition to take wife Ellen DeGeneres’ last name. Hmm…that’s going to take some getting used to. Courteney Cox adding the Arquette to her name after marrying hubby David was strange enough; I just barely got used to that. Now this?
That said, congratulations to the DeGenereses. May your friends save copious amounts of time over their lifetime when addressing Christmas cards thanks to this melding of names. Also a plus? The name Portia de Rossi (which really wasn’t even her birth name to begin with; it was Amanda Lee Rogers) is now up for grabs. Dibs!
Update: Through her rep, the actress released the following statement to EW.com: “I am thrilled to legally adopt my wife’s name. I will continue to use Portia de Rossi for professional purposes.”
More ponderings: @EWPortiadR @EWSandraG on Twitter
Lindsey/Nellie and Ellen are one of my favorite celebrity couples…if they ever broke up I might literally cry.
Portia DeRossi sounds so much sexier!!!!!!!!!!
I agree!!!!
I think it’s fine. Both last names have the “de” part so I think they both roll off the tongue pretty easily.
Yes, and since it was never really her last name anyway – no big deal to lose it I’m sure.
Yeah, the “de” helps a lot.
agreed
She’ll always be Mandy Rogers to me.
I was thinking the same thing.
I like Ellen DeRossi better.
I was thinking the same thing. In terms of media names, that would have been a better transition
Ellen & Portia are my favorite celebrity couple.
that said, they’re still deDe to me…
Come on let’s be honest Mandy Roberts is a pretty boring name.
Oh please. Stage names are so 1935. I mean, come on! Why would anyone still need a stage name in this day an age? Be proud of your name, people. Nobody adopts stage names anymore. She’s a dolt. And she purposely removed her Australian accent through agressive vocal training, which makes her a dolt too.
For whatever reason, Portia DeGeneres is difficult for me to say. I think the “shuh” is followed too quickly by the “juh”…My tongue gets all tripped up.
I’m sorry, Sandra Gonzalez, that Portia made your life so much harder.
Wow… could you be more selfish?
wow you’re really an idiot.
And you are really rude.
I can see you’re a lot of fun at parties.
Katja, my point is that Portia changed her name because she loves Ellen, and that made her happy. It may be troublesome for journalists to have to change the way they refer to Portia, but I think it’s selfish for them to make this name change about them, when it’s really about Portia celebrating her love.
Seriously, this is a pretty pointless article.
Not sure about Portia DeGeneres as a name… but I love your comment about Mariska Hargitay’s name!! I so wish I had her name, too – no one is ever able to pronounce it, but it’s seriously a fab name when you get it right