maiden name

Takaichi is a staunch conservative who has long opposed legislation allowing married women to keep their maiden names, insisting it undermines tradition.

Takaichi is a staunch conservative who's long opposed legislation allowing women to keep their maiden names after marriage, saying it is against tradition.

LB: It's my mum's maiden name, so the English side of the family.

Clemantina's parents didn't marry until after she was born, so her mother's maiden name was used on the birth certificate.

The author said Winn was her maiden name, and she disliked her first name of Sally and decided to use her family name Raynor as a pen name.