Thesaurus results for MAIDEN NAMES

maiden names

noun

plural of maiden name

as in surnames

a woman's last name before she is married After she divorced, she took back her maiden name.

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Recent Examples of maiden names For some families, maiden names or other significant surnames are carried on as first names. — Lisa Milbrand, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026 In a step that rights activists call an attempt to block a dual-surname system, Takaichi is calling for a law to allow the greater use of maiden names as aliases instead. — ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Last year, those bases reverted to their original names, but with different namesakes who share Confederate surnames.

— Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Like most Spanish people, Yamal, who turned 19 on Monday, has two surnames — one inherited from his father, another from his mother.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of surnames

Noun

Abnormal Studios, a Westec Media Limited subsidiary, brings roughly 100 titles a year to market across Southeast Asia as well as Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Mongolia and Nepal.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Abrams was Cedartown’s head coach the previous five seasons and was let go despite a 50-12 record and three region titles.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of titles

Noun

So the professional bodybuilder, now 39, started putting some of his savings into popular US tech stocks — names like Google, Apple and Nvidia.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Or why filmmakers such as Joseph Losey and Cy Endfield at the height of their success would leave their families, and end up working in Mexico, England or Italy, often forbidden even to use their real names.

— John Bleasdale, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of names

Noun

Commercial viticulture first developed here in the 1970s, led by family names such as Husch, Navarro and Scharffenberger; Husch planted the valley's first Pinot Noir in 1971.

— Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
The estate has a long, storied history under many family names, but in 1575, the Essenault family rechristened it by contracting their family name to Issan.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 June 2026

Definition of family names

Noun

In a Mexican family where several women shared the same name, nicknames were inevitable.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
The moon's nicknames, like April's Pink Moon, May's Flower Moon, or June's Strawberry Moon, originated from Native Americans', Colonial Americans', and other cultures' names for the moon.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 July 2026

Definition of nicknames

Noun

Religious denominations are not meant to be landlords or property managers.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
Christianity is so fractured, not just within denominations but within individual congregations, within individual families.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026

Definition of denominations

Noun

When thinking of the Dallas Cowboys roster, the first names that come to mind are likely Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens.

— Jon Machota, New York Times, 30 July 2026
One of the first names that attracted her interest was that of Lois Tritton, who, at 95, stood out for being the oldest person buried at the cemetery.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

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