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Recent Examples of married name
What To Know Jones, 34, resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and has used her maiden and married names in voter registration and court documents.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Critics fear the move will disenfranchise troops overseas, Native Americans, women whose married name does not match their birth certificate, and disabled people who cannot physically get to a voter registration location to show their proof.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 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
Heaps made her name change official on Sunday, donning a No. 10 jersey with her married name on the back.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Critics fear the move will disenfranchise troops overseas, Native Americans, women whose married name does not match their birth certificate, and disabled people who cannot physically get to a voter registration location to show their proof.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 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
Heaps made her name change official on Sunday, donning a No. 10 jersey with her married name on the back.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for married name
Noun
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Ask Lucy ‘Tough’ Bronze — her middle name taken from her mother Diane’s maiden name.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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At the time of Diana's death, the future Duchess of Edinburgh was a public relations professional known by her maiden name, Sophie Rhys-Jones, and was dating Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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The few developers outside North America willing to pay for the use of his family name were mostly building condominiums in lower-rent parts of the developing world.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Among them is Gao, who grew up in the remote mountains of Guizhou and asked to only be identified by her family name.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Faten asked that her last name be withheld for fear of retaliation.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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The song is billed as by Donald Lawrence Presents Music + Arts Global featuring Blanche (last name McAllister).—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Married name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/married%20name. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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