maiden name
Example Sentences
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Her maiden name was Proudlove and she had a brother who was adopted before she was born.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
My mother and I changed our last name from Witz to Klein, her maiden name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Haaland, who’s added Braut, his mother’s maiden name, to his national jersey, plays like Rob Gronkowski, had Rob Gronkowski been raised playing football in Scandinavia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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
I’ll go back to my maiden name, sever ties with Tom, make it hard for anyone to find me.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
