Definition of Maiden name. Meaning of Maiden name. Synonyms of Maiden name

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Definition of Maiden name

Maiden name
Maiden Maid"en, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. ``Amid the maiden throng.' --Addison. Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak. 2. Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. ``A surprising old maiden lady.' --Thackeray. 3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. ``Maiden flowers.' --Shak. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. --Shak. 4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay. Maiden assize (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --Smart. Maiden name, the surname of a woman before her marriage. Maiden pink. (Bot.) See under Pink. Maiden plum (Bot.), a West Indian tree (Comocladia integrifolia) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain. Maiden speech, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body. Maiden tower, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.

Meaning of Maiden name from wikipedia

- family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth...
- most English-speaking cultures, it is specifically applied to a woman's maiden name after her surname has changed due to marriage. The term né can be used...
- his middle name (it was his mother's maiden name). There is some overlap between open-compound surnames and maiden-names-as-middle-names; in various...
- by "first name + married name" style, which is Carrie Lam in the example above, while locally as "married name + maiden name + personal name" style. Origins...
- Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by b****ist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Although fluid in the...
- birth name. Though uncommon,[according to whom?] some performers choose to adopt their stage name as a legal name. Nicknames and maiden names of individuals...
- part of a compound given name or might be, instead, a maiden name, a patronymic, or a baptismal name. Sometimes, a given name is used as just an initial...
- surnames based on a mother's or grandmother's maiden name. Included are people who changed their legal names and people who created personal or professional...
- maiden surname as the middle name or middle initial is more important to a majority of Filipinos than to use one of the given names as a middle name or...
- same second or third names. In marriage, unlike in some Western societies, women do not change their maiden name, as the second name is not a surname. In...