maiden name
Example Sentences
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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
Van Rootselaar went mostly by Jesse Strang, the maiden name of her mother, Jennifer Strang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Until this month, Ferguson kept the title Sarah, Duchess of York - but she reverted to her maiden name of Ferguson after Andrew was stripped of his Duke of York title.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
Clemantina's parents didn't marry until after she was born, so her mother's maiden name was used on the birth certificate.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025
Her passport, which the Greek government had granted under the condition that she leave the country immediately, bore her mother’s maiden name, Aristos, instead of Stephanides.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
