maiden name
Example Sentences
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His surname is Mearns, but he used Cavanagh, his mother's maiden name as a tribute to her.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
I changed back to my maiden name when I divorced her brother, and I’ve moved since then, so I thought that was significant.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 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
This—along with keeping her maiden name, Jackson, rather than calling herself Mrs. Ugliano—was proof that she wasn’t totally suckered by Gabe.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
