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Maiden name

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maiden name

–noun
a woman's surname before her marriage.
Compare birth name.


Origin:
1680–90
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maiden name  
n.  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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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