Her late husband's surname, Theron, is an Occitan name which is pronounced Tronn. Occitan is a language spoken in Occitania, located in the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Southern France, Monaco, and the Aran Valley of Spain. His patrilineal line can be traced back to Jacques Therond, who was born ca. 1668, in Nîmes, Languedoc, France, and immigrated to South Africa in 1688.