maiden name
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of maiden name
First recorded in 1680–90
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In 2007, Taylor - who went under her maiden name at the time - registered her business name, Katie Perry, and applied for a trademark.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Van Rootselaar went mostly by Jesse Strang, the maiden name of her mother, Jennifer Strang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
The two married, both adopting the last name MacAskill—Askell’s maternal grandmother’s maiden name.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Until this month, she kept the title Sarah, Duchess of York - but she reverted to her maiden name of Ferguson after Andrew voluntarily gave up the usage of the Duke of York title.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
Bloom had been in the state five years and was presently married to a young Chicano woman, Linda, maiden name of Romero, whose hometown was in the San Luis Valley of Colorado.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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