as in surname
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 name
Relatives of Christa Gilley, whose maiden name is Bauer, questioned how her husband escaped the country.
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Nicole Hensley, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026
After Bingham was born, Bellamy said that Bingham was his mother's maiden name, and Bing Russell was Kurt Russell's dad.
—Jessica Booth, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Serafino — which is Cross’s mom’s maiden name — will open on the ground floor of a four-story residential building at the southwest corner of Washington and Albatross streets in Mission Hills.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Sarah, 45, even opted to keep her maiden name for business and branding after marrying her dentist husband, Patrick Kennedy, in 2009.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
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Nicole Hensley, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026
After Bingham was born, Bellamy said that Bingham was his mother's maiden name, and Bing Russell was Kurt Russell's dad.
—Jessica Booth, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Serafino — which is Cross’s mom’s maiden name — will open on the ground floor of a four-story residential building at the southwest corner of Washington and Albatross streets in Mission Hills.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Sarah, 45, even opted to keep her maiden name for business and branding after marrying her dentist husband, Patrick Kennedy, in 2009.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maiden name
Noun
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She was also introduced using only Jolie’s surname at a mother-and-daughter brunch hosted in April by the Pearls of Purpose Foundation, a non-profit affiliated with her sorority.—
Alessia Ferri,
Vanity Fair,
11 June 2026
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Borland and Abela, 31, hosted five different games that their families would play to decide their surname.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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When reconstructing the Inquisition trial of a sixteenth-century northern Italian miller, historian Carlo Ginzburg encountered a line that would eventually inspire the title of his paradigm-shifting study The Cheese and the Worms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The Spurs still had plenty of time to get a shot up, but Stephon Castle wasn’t able to hoist it on the inbound pass, securing the historic victory for New York, who are now just a game away from their first title since 1973.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Authorities have not officially released the names of victims, but Fischer was identified in social media posts by family and friends.—
Matthew Kelly
Updated June 15,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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Smith's name will be read aloud during the ceremony.—
Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Goalkeeper Josimar Dias — best known by his nickname, Vozinha — and his Cape Verde teammates were monumental underdogs against the Spaniards.—
Bailey Johnson,
Washington Post,
15 June 2026
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The team nickname is the Creoles.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
14 June 2026
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During a recent chat with Vogue Scandinavia, the Naked Gun star opened up about her growing desire to embrace her Finnish history by taking on her family name.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Dec. 2025
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The show ultimately reverts to the status quo by having the family name a new identical cat Snowball II, to save money on buying a new food dish.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Nov. 2025
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The amendment still needs another two-thirds vote at next year's annual meeting before becoming part of the denomination's constitution.—
WTVC Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 June 2026
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Some Baptists disagree on women’s roles The organization Baptist Women in Ministry, which works with female ministers in various Baptist denominations, issued a statement lamenting the vote.—
Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Tree used his first and middle name as his stage name, while his legal last name was Nickell.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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Calibration is this laptop's middle name, with a MUX Switch that boosts your gaming performance by 5-10%.—
Kelsey Fogarty,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2026
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Jessica, who only provided her first name, was hoping the Collier County deputy would send a medical unit to the site to check on him.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Every year Close is among the first names that come up from pundits trying to predict overdue stars who could receive this award.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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“Maiden name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maiden%20name. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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