Did You Know Elle Fanning & Dakota Fanning Aren’t Their Real Names? | E! News

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0 January 13, 2026 23:07

Did you know that Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning are actually the actress’ stage names? While the famous siblings have been known as Dakota and Elle in Hollywood for years, those are actually their middle names. They were born Hannah Dakota Fanning and Mary Elle Fanning. But as Elle previously explained, the sisters never used their first names growing up, even before they became famous. “My mom goes by her middle name, and my sister goes by her middle name. Her first name is Hannah,” the 27-year-old shared with Glamour in 2016. “It’s possibly a Southern thing, I don’t know. But since my mom goes by her middle name, we go by our middle names too.” As for Dakota, the 31-year-old revealed that it was her father who originally came up with her middle name. “My first name is Hannah,” she told People in 2004. “So it is Hannah Dakota Fanning. But I have always been called Dakota.” Full Story: https://www.eonline.com/news/1427310/elle-fanning-dakota-fannings-real-names-mary-hannah

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