maiden name
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of maiden name
First recorded in 1680–90
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Example Sentences
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She is intensely private: almost no information, including her maiden name, is available online.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Scott, whose maiden name was Kendra Baumgartner, had two sons with her first husband John Scott, to whom she was married from 2000 to 2006.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
One told me she has started using her maiden name professionally because her married name was used in a scam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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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