Meghan Markle is addressing all of the confusion surrounding her last name.
In an episode from season one of her Netflix series With Love, Meghan, the 44-year-old Duchess of Sussex revealed to friend Mindy Kaling that her last name is now Sussex.
“I share my [‘Sussex’] name with my children,” Meghan said at the time. “I didn’t know how meaningful it would be to me, but it just means so much to say, ‘This is our family name!’”
While appearing on The Circuit with Emily Chang in August 2025, Meghan was asked directly about whether people should refer to her as “Markle” or “Sussex.”
Keep reading to find out more…“Are you Meghan Sussex? Are you Meghan, Duchess of Sussex? Is Markle even on your passport anymore? Is it, we don’t use that term anymore?” host Emily Change asked.
Meghan answered that she formerly changed her name to “Sussex” once she got married.
“It’s a complicated one for people to understand, because a last name is not typical in that [royal] construct,” she added.
She then clarified that “Sussex” is not technically her last name.
“It’s used roughly, or loosely, rather. It sounds so silly to say,” Meghan explained. “And I get it, because I’m American and then I went there and I started to understand. But then you come back and as an American, you go, ‘I’m so confused.’ It’s a dukedom.”
Later during her interview, Meghan confirmed that her “legal name is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.”
“Sussex for us works as our family name and it’s the name that we share with our children,” she explained. “Since we’ve been married, that’s what I’ve been called.”
She went on to say that since marrying Prince Harry, she realized the values of being a “Sussex” were more important then whatever her last name is.
“What I learned about myself is no matter what my name is or what people call me, I’m still the same person,” Meghan said. “So that didn’t really, that didn’t change who I am. And maybe that’s probably the biggest distinguishing factor.”
Season two of With Love, Meghan is available for streaming on Netflix now. Watch the trailer here!
Source: justjared.com