maiden name

The definition of a maiden name is the surname or birth name a woman has before she marries and takes her husband's last name.

(noun)

An example of maiden name is Jones for a woman who was named Sarah Jones before she married and became Sarah Stein.

See maiden name in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the surname that a married woman had before marrying: now used chiefly with regard to a woman who has adopted her husband's surname

See maiden name in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A woman's family name before she is married. Used of a surname that is replaced by a woman when she marries. Also called birth name.

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