Phrase guide

maiden name

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: birth name, legal name, name, identifier

2

noun

Meaning 2

a woman's surname before marriage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: surname, family name, cognomen, last name

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: nooiensvan — married person's original last name
  • Arabic: اِسْم بَتُولَة (ism batūla) — married person's original last name
  • Arabic: اِسْم فَتَاةٍ قَبْلَ زَوَّاج (ism fatātin qabla zawwāj) — married person's original last name
  • Armenian: օրիորդական ազգանուն (ōriordakan azganun) — married person's original last name
  • Belarusian: дзяво́чае про́звішча (dzjavóčaje prózvišča) — married person's original last name
  • Bulgarian: мо́минско и́ме (móminsko íme) — married person's original last name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 原姓 (yuánxìng) — married person's original last name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舊姓 /旧姓 (jiùxìng) — married person's original last name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 本性 (běnxìng) — married person's original last name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 娘家姓 (niángjiāxìng) — married person's original last name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氏 (shì) — married person's original last name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閨名 /闺名 (guīmíng) — married person's original last name
  • Czech: dívčí jméno — married person's original last name
  • Czech: jméno za svobodna — married person's original last name
  • Danish: pigenavn — married person's original last name
  • Danish: ungpigenavn — married person's original last name
  • Danish: eget efternavn — married person's original last name
  • Dutch: meisjesnaam — married person's original last name
  • Esperanto: denaska nomo — married person's original last name
  • Esperanto: nasknomo — married person's original last name
  • Esperanto: fraŭlinnomo — married person's original last name
  • Estonian: neiupõlvenimi — married person's original last name
  • Finnish: tyttönimi — married person's original last name
  • French: nom de jeune fille — married person's original last name
  • French: nom de demoiselle — married person's original last name
  • German: Mädchenname — married person's original last name
  • Greek: πατρικό όνομα (patrikó ónoma) — married person's original last name
  • Greek: γένος (génos) — married person's original last name
  • Hebrew: שֵׁם נְעוּרִים (shem ne'urím) — married person's original last name
  • Hindi: कन्या कुलनाम (kanyā kulnām) — married person's original last name
  • Hindi: विवाहपूर्व कुलनाम (vivāhpūrv kulnām) — married person's original last name
  • Hungarian: leánykori név — married person's original last name
  • Indonesian: nama gadis — married person's original last name
  • Italian: nome da ragazza — married person's original last name
  • Italian: nome da nubile — married person's original last name
  • Japanese: 旧名 (kyūmei) — married person's original last name
  • Korean: 결혼 전의 성 (gyeolhon jeonui seong) — married person's original last name
  • Korean: 예전의 성 (yejeonui seong) — married person's original last name
  • Korean: 구성 (guseong) — married person's original last name
  • Macedonian: моминско презиме (mominsko prezime) — married person's original last name
  • Māori: ingoa wahine — married person's original last name
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jentenavn — married person's original last name
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pikenavn — married person's original last name
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jentenamn — married person's original last name
  • Persian: اسم دختر (esm-e doxtar) — married person's original last name
  • Persian: اسم دخترانه (esm-e doxtarâne) — married person's original last name
  • Polish: nazwisko panieńskie — married person's original last name
  • Polish: nazwisko rodowe — married person's original last name
  • Portuguese: nome de solteira — married person's original last name
  • Romanian: nume de fată — married person's original last name
  • Russian: де́вичья фами́лия (dévičʹja famílija) — married person's original last name
  • Serbo-Croatian: девојачко презиме — married person's original last name
  • Serbo-Croatian: дјевојачко презиме — married person's original last name
  • Serbo-Croatian: devojačko prezime — married person's original last name
  • Serbo-Croatian: djevojačko prezime — married person's original last name
  • Slovak: dievčenské meno — married person's original last name
  • Slovene: dekliški priimek — married person's original last name
  • Spanish: apellido de soltera — married person's original last name
  • Swedish: flicknamn — married person's original last name
  • Thai: นามสกุลก่อนแต่งงาน (naam-sà-gun gɔ̀ɔn dtɛ̀ng-ngaan) — married person's original last name
  • Turkish: kızlık soyadı — married person's original last name
  • Ukrainian: діво́че прі́звище (divóče prízvyšče) — married person's original last name
  • Vietnamese: nhũ danh — married person's original last name
  • Welsh: enw morwynol — married person's original last name
  • Yiddish: מיידלישער נאָמען — married person's original last name