SINCE 1828
maiden name
nounDefinition of maiden name
: the surname of a woman before she marries
Examples of maiden name in a Sentence
After she divorced, she took back her maiden name.
Recent Examples on the Web
The company’s name comes from the maiden names of each of their mothers. — Washington Post, "Proenza Schouler explores interplay between power, softness," 11 Sep. 2019 Chicago nurse Katherine Hayes, whose maiden name was Baltz, was charged with recruiting nurses from across the city — nurses who were single, under the age of 40 and nursing school graduates. — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, "During World War II, Chicago doctors and nurses set up hospitals overseas. Now Northwestern is telling their story.," 19 Aug. 2019 The man saw her maiden name, Ruis, on her profile and told her to go back to Mexico. — Esmeralda Bermudez, Los Angeles Times, "Their U.S. roots date back centuries, but these Latinos still wonder if it’s enough to belong," 16 Aug. 2019 Meyer's early years Meyer, whose maiden name is Prideaux, described her childhood in a blighted area of Youngstown, Ohio, as isolated. — NBC News, "She was an American child bride. Now, Genevieve is fighting to stop it from happening to others.," 12 Aug. 2019 The scam is clever: A malevolent actor calls your cellphone carrier pretending to be you, and after confirming some key information such as your mother’s maiden name, transfers your phone number to their device. — Washington Post, "Millennial Money: How to outsmart smartphone scammers," 13 Aug. 2019 Kim Romanchuk played college basketball at Oakland University in Michigan under her maiden name McDowell. — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, "'I’ve never seen anything like it’: Mount Airy’s Daniel Romanchuk setting records, emerging as one of world’s top parathletes," 12 July 2019 There are a few entities that asked a couple of decades ago for my mom’s maiden name. — cleveland.com, "It’s stupid when companies ask for online security questions like mother’s maiden name, last four of SSN: Money Matters," 10 July 2019 The medium’s capacity for conveying familiarity is apparent in an 1855 half-plate of abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Lucy Stone, who took the then-unheard of step of keeping her maiden name upon marrying husband Henry Blackwell. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "How the Camera Introduced Americans to Their Heroines," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'maiden name.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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