What does "J.K" stand for in J.K. Rowling's name?

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What does "J.K" stand for in J.K. Rowling's name?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Joanne Rowling was born on July 31st, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol in England. Her given name at birth was not Joanne Kathleen, but simply Joanne. The name Kathleen has never been a part of her legal name.

Before publishing her first volume, Bloomsbury feared that the target group of young boys might be reluctant to buy books written by a female author. They requested that Rowling use two initials, rather than reveal her first name. As she had no middle name, she chose K from her paternal grandmother's first name (which is Kathleen) as the second initial of her pseudonym.

She calls herself "Jo" and claims, "No one ever called me 'Joanne' when I was young, unless they were angry."

Her surname is pronounced like "rolling." It does not rhyme with "howling" as is often supposed — or, as stated on her website: "'Rowling' (the first syllable of which is pronounced 'row' as in boat, rather than 'row' as in argument) lent itself to woeful jokes such as 'Rowling stone'."