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
The letter was addressed to me using my maiden name and sent to my current address.
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
One told me she has started using her maiden name professionally because her married name was used in a scam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Her passport, which the Greek government had granted under the condition that she leave the country immediately, bore her mother’s maiden name, Aristos, instead of Stephanides.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
