During her marriage to Johnny Depp, Amber Heard never took his name. However, during her five-year relationship with Tasya van Ree, Heard reportedly took a different approach. Though Heard and van Ree were never married in 2008, Heard petitioned the court to legally change her name from “Heard” to “van Ree” amidst their “domestic partnership,” according to documents obtained by Radar Online.
Heard, who dated van Ree for five years, likely opted to change her name because, at the time, same-sex marriage was not legal, so taking van Ree’s name was about as big a commitment as Heard could make. Sources told The Mirror that as soon as gay marriage became legal, Heard and van Ree held an small celebration in New York. “It was a private, intimate setting only with very close friends, and everyone was told it was completely secret,” the insider said.
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In 2014, a year after ending the relationship, the actor legally changed her name back to Heard, per Radar. But despite their five-year run together, there was one black eye that forever stained their relationship.
