Blake Lively comes from a long line of actors in his family.
Her late father, Robyn Lively, is an actress, as is her older sister, and other siblings have dabbled in the entertainment industry.
However, it turns out that Lively was not her given name when she was born.
What is Blake Lively’s real name?
The first name of Lively is striking.
Before she was born, one of her siblings was rummaging through the family tree for names and came across the name of her grandmother’s brother.
Why did Blake Lively change her name?
Blake Brown was the name given to Blake Lively when he was born.
Ernie Brown, her father, went by the stage name Ernie Lively. He was also a performer.
When she first arrived in Hollywood, Lively chose to go by the same stage name.
At one point, the father-daughter duo even collaborated on a film. Ernie Lively starred alongside Blake Lively in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. In the film, he played her father, of course.
