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birth name

–noun
the surname given a person at birth.
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birth name also birth·name   (bûrth'nām')
n.  
  1. The name given to a person at birth, especially that of an adoptee before he or she is renamed.

  2. See maiden name.

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.
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