How to Use maiden name in a Sentence
maiden name
noun
- After she divorced, she took back her maiden name.
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Suzanne Hall was the maiden name of Ezra F. Vogel’s first wife.
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James R. Hagerty,
WSJ,
24 Dec. 2020
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The gold in the shield alludes to her maiden name of Goldsmith, while the red, white, and blue come from the British Union Jack.
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Caroline Picard,
Good Housekeeping,
28 Mar. 2018
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Ant Anstead's last name and returned to her maiden name: Haack.
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Kelly Corbett,
House Beautiful,
17 Feb. 2021
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My mom’s maiden name is Rose, and the scent of my childhood was always rose.
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Marshall Heyman,
WSJ,
27 Jan. 2022
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The company’s name comes from the maiden names of each of their mothers.
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Washington Post,
11 Sep. 2019
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She is best known by her maiden name and byline, Ida B. Wells.
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oregonlive,
15 Jan. 2021
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Last month, Stause filed to have her maiden name restored.
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Dana Rose Falcone,
PEOPLE.com,
6 Aug. 2020
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The last Moreland, which was my maiden name – the last Moreland to make any money died in 1784.
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Eoin O'Carroll,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Mar. 2021
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Aldrin’s mother, whose maiden name was Moon, took her life in May 1968.
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Hal Boedeker,
orlandosentinel.com,
2 July 2019
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The man saw her maiden name, Ruis, on her profile and told her to go back to Mexico.
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Esmeralda Bermudez,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Aug. 2019
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John and Nettie bestowed one of their sons with her maiden name: Robert Wright Lee, born in 1902.
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al,
17 May 2021
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In July, Stause filed to have her maiden name restored.
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Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE.com,
3 Sep. 2020
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There are a few entities that asked a couple of decades ago for my mom’s maiden name.
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cleveland.com,
10 July 2019
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Going solely by his mom’s maiden name offers him a chance to start fresh in a new state.
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Connor Letourneau,
SFChronicle.com,
2 Sep. 2020
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My maiden name was Lins, so that’s probably where that comes from.
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Jane Larkworthy,
The Cut,
4 Apr. 2018
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Her mother, Agnes, whose maiden name was Borland, was a nurse.
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J.m. Lawrence,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 May 2018
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Many were not surprised by the decision to drop the 117-year-old moniker, which is the maiden name of the wife of the company's founder, John F. Queeny.
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Caitlin Dewey,
chicagotribune.com,
5 June 2018
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Both boys have Cahill as their middle name, which is their mother’s maiden name.
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Riley Hamel,
The Arizona Republic,
11 Aug. 2022
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My mother’s married and maiden names are both spelled wrong.
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Lara B. Sharp,
Longreads,
21 May 2018
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Christina, 41, is asking the court to restore her maiden name.
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Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
16 July 2024
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Caitlin Everett worked for the Dallas police for four years under her maiden name Caitlin Rochelle, the records said.
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Martha Bellisle,
ajc,
14 Aug. 2021
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After Shelton, 45, introduced his wife, 51, by her maiden name, the No Doubt alum had the cutest tease.
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Tomás Mier,
PEOPLE.com,
16 July 2021
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Chrishell filed court documents to change her last name back to her maiden name, per Us Weekly.
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Women's Health,
30 May 2023
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Meanwhile, Knight honors the maiden name of Jeremy's mom, Amy.
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Mckinley Franklin,
Peoplemag,
22 Jan. 2024
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Blake — her maiden name is Kalinka — grew up in Riga, Latvia’s capital and largest city.
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Tom Orsborn,
San Antonio Express-News,
9 Apr. 2018
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Her mother, Tina Knowles, gave the singer her maiden name to keep some semblance of her family name alive.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 May 2024
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Barrett figured Maher might be Karen’s maiden name and searched for her with Joe’s last name.
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Meryl Kornfield,
Washington Post,
6 Nov. 2022
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Christina also appeared to change her last name from Haack (her maiden name) to Hall on her real estate license.
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Natalia Senanayake,
Peoplemag,
16 July 2024
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Monica finally sets the record straight on all of her various identities, explaining that Darnell is her maiden name, Fowler is her married name, Delgado is her father’s side, and Garcia is her mother’s side.
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Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2024
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