maiden name
Example Sentences
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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
My mother and I changed our last name from Witz to Klein, her maiden name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
At that moment, Janie - whose maiden name is Hughes - understood her life would change forever.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Her maiden name is Gatte, from her father’s side and the Italian part of the family.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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