maiden name
Example Sentences
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She is intensely private: almost no information, including her maiden name, is available online.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
At that moment, Janie - whose maiden name is Hughes - understood her life would change forever.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The writer’s earlier novels were published under her maiden name, Lizzie Pook.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
The two married, both adopting the last name MacAskill—Askell’s maternal grandmother’s maiden name.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Christian name Elena Maria; maiden name Goldenberg; age twenty.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
