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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
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While that name was chosen in 1946 by Ned Irish, the team’s founder and president, Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname that dates back to the early settlers of New Netherland.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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With a month to go until his 18th birthday, the teen reportedly decided to ditch his father’s surname on his official high school diploma.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
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Georgia finished the season with a record of 53-14, won the SEC regular season and tournament titles, along with punching its first ticket back to Omaha for the first time since 2008.—
Hunter DeLauder,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
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On the track, Okoye led Azusa Pacific to four straight NAIA Outdoor Track and Field national championship titles (1983-86).—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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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.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
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Despite that progress, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined, as megacap tech names tumbled.—
Gail Krishnan,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
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Despite its nickname, June's moon won't look red like a strawberry, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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Pitman kept both the plate and the nickname, reluctantly.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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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
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In sharp contrast to the first-generation members of the Frankfurt School, Habermas came from a petit-bourgeois, culturally conservative Protestant milieu, his family name going back to sixteenth-century Thuringian cobblers.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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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.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Vance, in pursuit of a religious denomination and an élite legal career, apparently knew where to find them both.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
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The oldest Bezos child shares his first name with his father—Preston is the entrepreneur’s middle name.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
21 June 2026
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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.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Only one Floridian, a Weston resident with a different first name, has the Andrade surname and a certificate to fly a helicopter.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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Just as the upcycled uniforms were once worn by people, Wong’s collaborative range carries human-sounding first names.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
22 June 2026
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“Maiden name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maiden%20name. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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