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    Nimarata Nikki Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) [1] [2] [3] is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. [4]

  3. Feb 23, 2023 · CLAIM: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley “changed” her name for political reasons. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The former United Nations ambassador has long used her legal middle name, Nikki. She was given the name Nimarata Nikki Randhawa at birth. Haley is her married name.

    • The Claim: Nikki Haley Changed Her Name
    • Haley Has Gone by Her Middle Name Sincebirth, Before Politics
    • Haley Adopted Husband's Last Name
    • Our Rating: False
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    Claims that former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley changed her name have resurfaced across social media after she tweeted about racial division in the United States. The Facebook post, shared on May 2, is an image of a controversial tweet by Haley where she voiced her objectionto The New York Times' 1619 project and "wokeism." ("Wokeism" refers to bein...

    The post claims Haley "white-washed" her name, going from Nimarata to Nikki, to boost her political career. But "Nikki" is Haley's legal middle name as it appears on her birth certificate, according to her 2018 tweet. Some users replied to Haley's controversial tweetsaying that using her "real name" would end her political career, and that "Nikki" ...

    Haley's last name has also been controversial. But the explanation for the change is far from unusual. She got married. Haley adopted her husband's last name, Michael Haley, when they wed in 1996, becoming Nikki Haley at age 26 -- 6 years before she entered the political arena. While more women have chosen to keep their maiden names once they marry...

    We rate claims that Haley white-washed her name FALSE, based on our research. Haley has gone by "Nikki," her legal middle name, since birth, which means she started using it before she started her political career at 32. Since it's also a common Indian name, claims that she anglicized, or white-washed, her name are inaccurate.

    Mic, Jan. 13, 2016, Nikki Haley's Real Name and Other Politicians Who Changed Theirs
    Occupy Democrats, accessed May 3, "About Us"
    Oxford English Dictionary, accessed May 3, New words notes June 2017
    Vox, Oct. 9, 2020, A history of "wokeness"
  4. May 2, 2021 · A screenshot of a Twitter reply to Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of South Carolina, accuses her of hiding her heritage in a post that’s...

  5. May 2, 2021 · Nikki Haley was born Nimarata Nikki Randhawa to Punjabi Sikh immigrants. She has gone by her middle name, a Punjabi word for "little one," since well before she entered political life.

  6. Mar 6, 2024 · So who is Nikki Haley? Sky News takes a look at her career. When she was elected governor of South Carolina in 2010, she was the state's first woman in the role and the youngest governor in the US.

  7. Jan 16, 2024 · Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after Nikki Haley while referring to her by her first name, Nimarata, in the latest example of Trump using racist dog whistles to attack his GOP...