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
Before joining the Royal Family, Kate Middleton was granted her own lozenge, featuring three acorns (representing her and her two siblings) bisected by a gold chevron (for her mother’s maiden name, Goldsmith).
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
Brown, whose memorable, golf-adjacent first name originates from his mother’s maiden name, is the latest teenage phenom in a sport teeming with young talent.
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Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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.
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Jessica Booth,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
Brown, whose memorable, golf-adjacent first name originates from his mother’s maiden name, is the latest teenage phenom in a sport teeming with young talent.
—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maiden name
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Rosa, a mother of three who asked CNN to not use her surname, said her 48-year-old husband travelled to Russia with several other Peruvian men, hoping to obtain jobs as security guards.
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Tying an Italian surname to the Outfit has become a tattered badge of honor in the antiquated newsroom of certain outlets with truth thrown to the curb.
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Johnson started all 40 games for Michigan last season, emerging as a breakout sophomore after starting just eight games as a freshman at Illinois, and capped his rise with a double‑double in the national title game under May.
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Tennis player Althea Gibson became the first Black woman to win Wimbledon, claiming the women’s singles title.
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Albies has the sixth-best OPS among NL second basemen, but has made three All-Star games before, plays for a popular franchise and has strong name value, likely helping his voting numbers.
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Despite that progress, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined, as megacap tech names tumbled.
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Despite its nickname, June's moon won't look red like a strawberry, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
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Pitman kept both the plate and the nickname, reluctantly.
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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.
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The family name and logo adorns the business classroom building.
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The first wines, from the 2021 vintage, reached the market in early 2025, and more than half the denomination’s producers have already signed up.
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Vance, in pursuit of a religious denomination and an élite legal career, apparently knew where to find them both.
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The oldest Bezos child shares his first name with his father—Preston is the entrepreneur’s middle name.
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In her speech, Michelle Obama alluded to the current president, who has long fueled a debunked conspiracy theory about Barack Obama's birthplace and continues to refer to him as Barack Hussein Obama, his middle name a suggestion of suspicion.
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When anyone mentions golf in Oregon, Bandon Dunes is usually the first name that drops.
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Among them are nurses Maddie and Rileigh, who requested to only go by their first names out of privacy concerns.
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“Maiden name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maiden%20name. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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