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Recent Examples of married name
Her Facebook account reflected her married name: Jenifer Coppola Cage.
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Charna Flam, People.com, 2 May 2025
Known then by her married name of Adriana Shayota, Camberos was at the time about halfway through a 26-month federal prison term for her role in a fraud scheme with her ex-husband and others involving counterfeit 5-hour Energy drinks.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
What To Know Jones, 34, resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and has used her maiden and married names in voter registration and court documents.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Monica finally sets the record straight on all of her various identities, explaining that Darnell is her maiden name, Fowler is her married name, Delgado is her father’s side, and Garcia is her mother’s side.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024
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Charna Flam, People.com, 2 May 2025
Known then by her married name of Adriana Shayota, Camberos was at the time about halfway through a 26-month federal prison term for her role in a fraud scheme with her ex-husband and others involving counterfeit 5-hour Energy drinks.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
What To Know Jones, 34, resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and has used her maiden and married names in voter registration and court documents.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Monica finally sets the record straight on all of her various identities, explaining that Darnell is her maiden name, Fowler is her married name, Delgado is her father’s side, and Garcia is her mother’s side.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for married name
Noun
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George will retain his American citizenship, while Amal — who was naturalized under her maiden name Amal Alamuddin — is British-Lebanese.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
2 Jan. 2026
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His middle name, Ray, is the maiden name of McAnally’s grandmother.—
Marilyn La Jeunesse,
Parents,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Everyone on both sides of my family has always used family names, which has been really important to me to continue only using family names with my children.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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The term is used to describe the children of actors, singers, models and entrepreneurs who often benefit due to the connections and power of their family name.—
Sarah Sotoodeh,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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According to her petition, Good wanted to change her last name from Renee Nicole Macklin to Renee Nicole Macklin Good.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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Here’s a rundown of those players, listed in alphabetical order by last name.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Married name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/married%20name. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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