maiden name
maiden name noun: the original last name of a person, usually a woman, who has changed their last name upon marriage.
Noun
maiden name (plural maiden names)
maiden name meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian
maiden name in Hindi
- married person's original last name
- कन्या कुलनाम kanyā kulnām, विवाहपूर्व कुलनाम vivāhpūrv kulnām
maiden name in Kannada
- ಕನ್ಯಾನಾಮ, ವಿವಾಹಪೂರ್ವ ಹೆಸರು
maiden name in Arabic
- married person's original last name
- اِسْم بَتُولَة ism batūla, اِسْم فَتَاةٍ قَبْلَ زَوَّاج ism fatātin qabla zawwāj
maiden name in Indonesian
- married person's original last name
- nama gadis
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- maiden name in Persian
- اسم دختر esm-e doxtar, اسم دخترانه esm-e doxtarâne
- maiden name in Thai
- นามสกุลก่อนแต่งงาน naam-sà-gun gɔ̀ɔn dtɛ̀ng-ngaan
- maiden name in Vietnamese
- nhũ danh
Forms of maiden name
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Questions about maiden name
- What does maiden name mean?
- Maiden name means the original last name of a person, usually a woman, who has changed their last name upon marriage.
- What is maiden name in Hindi?
- Maiden name in Hindi is कन्या कुलनाम (kanyā kulnām), विवाहपूर्व कुलनाम (vivāhpūrv kulnām). See Maiden name meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maiden name?
- Maiden name is a noun.
- What is the plural of maiden name?
- The plural of maiden name is maiden names.
Words near maiden name in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: maiden name (page history and authors); maiden name (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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