Meghan Markle is praising her 44th birthday on Monday, and like many people, will no doubt be feeling both happy and grateful.
While birthdays are often full of presents and well wishes, they are also a time to reflect on the past and times gone by, with many people often remembering their younger years.
For Meghan, this day will likely provide a lot of fond memories thinking of her childhood, which actually saw the Duchess of Sussex go by a different name. This is because she wasn’t actually used Meghan as first name at birth. Instead her parents decided to name her Rachel Meghan Markle.
Although the name Rachel may have been the one she applied in her younger years, she has always been known just as Meghan Markle during her life in the public eye.
The duchess has never shared the reason behind this, but it is thought that she may have selected to be called Meghan Markle instead as it is more discernible as a result of the chorus.
This is not something Meghan has ever accepted herself.
It is thought that Meghan has also always been mentioned by this name rather than Rachel when it comes to her husband, Prince Harry, whom she has been married to for seven years.
Although Harry, 40, may call her Meghan, he usually considered to her by simply “M” – a nickname he is thought to have had for her since their early dating days.
Like Meghan, Harry also was not called the name he uses now at birth, something royal fans may have forgotten.
Instead, the prince was actually called as Henry Charles Albert David at birth, and simply has gone by the name Harry as this is believed to be a more informal nickname derived from the name Henry.
It is believed Meghan has never used the name Henry with her husband, and instead normally refers to him as “H”.
