Definition of maiden name
: the surname of a woman before she marries
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Examples of maiden name in a Sentence
After she divorced, she took back her maiden name.
Recent Examples of maiden name from the Web
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Wilkinson is requesting joint legal and physical custody of their children Hank IV, 8, and Alijah, 4, and is also seeking the restoration of her maiden name.
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Prior to getting married, my e-mail address was based on my maiden name, and now it is based on my married name.
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An immigration agent checking federal databases failed to run her Social Security number or her maiden name, which would have confirmed her citizenship, according to court records.
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KAMPERETT Designers Anna Chiu and Valerie Santillo, named KAMPERETT as a melding of their mothers’ maiden names.
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Many were not surprised by the decision to drop the 117-year-old moniker, which is the maiden name of the wife of the company's founder, John F. Queeny.
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By 2010, however, with the rent rising and new opportunities becoming apparent, what had been Ping Pong Gallery became Romer Young, christened with the maiden names of the couple’s mothers.
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Phones buzzed as media and alums checked in about Linden, who ran under the maiden name Davila from 1997 to 2001 before competing at Arizona State.
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Craig’s own mattress line is called Summerfield—his paternal grandmother’s maiden name.
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First Known Use of maiden name
1689
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: a woman's family name before she is married
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