maiden name
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California's state bar confirmed to US media that it had no record of Zacharia holding a license under either her married or maiden name.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
In 1968, he appeared in Alan Bennett's first West End play Forty Years On and was forced to adopt his mother's maiden name, as union rules prevented two actors from having the same name.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Woods, who competes using her maiden name Sophie Amy Grant, set off on July 4 in Trieste, Italy, and finished on the Mediterranean coast of Monaco.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
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
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