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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
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Lorena, who now goes by her maiden name of Gallo, resides in Virginia with her daughter and partner of over 20 years and volunteers at an organization dedicated to helping survivors of domestic violence.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Finlay was her mother's maiden name, and the surname for her famous grandmother, Marjorie Finlay.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Oct. 2025
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Also endangering the family name and business is a crooked deal made by Byron Hedges (Jack Gleeson), an illegitimate cousin helping Guinness expand into America, that promises 15% of all American profits to the Fenian Brotherhood.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The family name is kind of a big deal in Arlington.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Sep. 2025
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For reasons of privacy, Jasper's family has asked that their last name not be used.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The three accused, who police only identified by first names and initials of their last names, were charged with membership in a foreign terrorist organization and preparing an act of violence endangering the state.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Married name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/married%20name. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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