maiden name

maid·en name

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [meyd-n neym]
- /ˈmeɪd n neɪm/
- /ˈmeɪ.dən neɪm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meyd-n neym]
- /ˈmeɪd n neɪm/

Definitions of maiden name words

noun maiden name a woman's surname before her marriage. 1
noun maiden name woman's surname before marriage 1
countable noun maiden name A married woman's maiden name is her parents' surname, which she used before she got married and started using her husband's surname. 0
noun maiden name a woman's surname before marriage 0
noun maiden name the surname that a married woman had before marrying 0
noun maiden name A married woman's original last name; her name when she was a maiden. 0

See all 6 definitions of maiden name

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Origin of maiden name

First appearance:

before 1680

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1680-90

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Maiden name

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Maiden name

maiden name popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

maiden name usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for maiden name

noun maiden name

family name — the hereditary surname of a family.

Just one Synonym for maiden name