What was Georgia O'Keeffe's birth surname?

Georgia O'Keeffe was born with the surname O'Keeffe.

Her full name was Georgia Totto O'Keeffe, and she retained her birth surname throughout her life. Unlike some artists who adopted a professional name or changed surnames through marriage, O'Keeffe’s public identity remained tied to the name under which she became famous.

She married Alfred Stieglitz in 1924, but she continued to exhibit and sign her work as Georgia O'Keeffe. Her name became closely associated with American modernism, especially her enlarged flower paintings, New York scenes, and depictions of the Southwest.

The name is sometimes written incorrectly without the apostrophe or confused with similarly named Irish-American artists. O'Keeffe’s family background included Irish ancestry through her father, Francis Calyxtus O'Keeffe, while her mother, Ida Totto, was of Hungarian descent.