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maiden names

maiden names is the plural of maiden name.

Meaning of maiden name

Noun

maiden name (plural maiden names)

  1. The original last name of a person, usually a woman, who has changed their last name upon marriage.

Questions about maiden names

What is maiden names the plural of?
Maiden names is the plural of maiden name.

Words near maiden names in the dictionary

  1. maiden grass
  2. maiden grasses
  3. Maiden Gully
  4. Maiden Island
  5. maiden name
  6. maiden names
  7. Maiden Newton
  8. maiden of honor
  9. maiden over
  10. maiden overs
  11. maiden plum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maiden names (page history and authors); maiden name (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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