I whanau a Beyoncé Giselle Knowles i Houston, Texas, ki a Celestine "Tina" Knowles (née Beyincé), he makawe makawe me te rangatira o te salon, me Mathew Knowles, he kaiwhakahaere hokohoko Xerox. Ko te ingoa o Beyoncé he mihi ki te ingoa kotiro o tona whaea. Ko te tuahine iti o Beyoncé a Solange he kaiwaiata me te kaikanikani taapiri mo Destiny's Child. Ko Solange raua ko Beyoncé nga tuahine tuatahi i whai i nga pukaemi Nama 1. Ko Mathew he Amerikana Awherika, ko Tina he uri Creole o Louisiana (Awherika, Native American, me te French). Na tona whaea, ko Beyoncé he uri o te kaiarahi Acadian a Joseph Broussard. I haere a Beyoncé ki te kura a Mary St. i Montessori i Houston, i uru ai ia ki nga akomanga waiata takitahi. I te tau 1995 i kitea e Darlene Knowles, he kaiwhakahaere hokohoko Xerox. I muri i te wehenga o tana papa ki te kura tuarua, i whakauruhia e tana whaea ki te roopu kanikani rongonui i te kura nui rawa atu i te
Ko te ingoa o Beyoncé