maiden name

English

Noun

maiden name (plural maiden names)

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

Hypernyms

birth name

Coordinate terms

deadname

Translations

married person's original last name

Afrikaans: nooiensvan
Arabic: اِسْم بَتُولَة m (ism batūla), اِسْم فَتَاةٍ قَبْلَ زَوَّاج m (ism fatātin qabla zawwāj)
Belarusian: дзяво́чае про́звішча n (dzjavóčaje prózvišča)
Bulgarian: мо́минско и́ме n (móminsko íme)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 閨名／闺名 (guīmíng), 原姓 (yuánxìng), 舊姓／旧姓 (zh) (jiùxìng), 本性 (zh) (běnxìng), 娘家姓 (niángjiāxìng), 氏 (zh) (shì)
Czech: dívčí jméno n, jméno za svobodna n
Danish: pigenavn (da) n, ungpigenavn n
Dutch: meisjesnaam (nl) m
Esperanto: denaska nomo, nasknomo, fraŭlinnomo
Estonian: neiupõlvenimi (et)
Finnish: tyttönimi (fi)
French: nom de jeune fille (fr) m, nom de demoiselle m
German: Mädchenname (de) m
Greek: πατρικό όνομα n (patrikó ónoma), γένος (el) n (génos)
Hebrew: שֵׁם נְעוּרִים m (shem ne'urím)
Hindi: कन्या कुलनाम m (kanyā kulnām), विवाहपूर्व कुलनाम m (vivāhpūrv kulnām)
Hungarian: leánykori név (hu)
Indonesian: nama gadis
Italian: nome da ragazza m, nome da nubile m
Japanese: 旧姓 (ja) (きゅうせい, kyūsei, literally “previous name, old name”), 旧名 (ja) (きゅうめい, kyūmei)
Korean: 결혼 전의 성 (gyeolhon jeonui seong), 예전의 성 (yejeonui seong), 구성(舊姓) (ko) (guseong)
Macedonian: моминско презиме n (mominsko prezime)
Maori: ingoa wahine
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jentenavn n, pikenavn n

Nynorsk: jentenamn n
Persian: اسم دختر (esm-e doxtar), اسم دخترانه (esm-e doxtarâne)
Polish: nazwisko panieńskie (pl) n, nazwisko rodowe n
Portuguese: nome de solteira m
Romanian: nume de fată m
Russian: де́вичья фами́лия (ru) f (dévičʹja famílija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: девојачко презиме n, дјевојачко презиме n

Roman: devojačko prezime n, djevojačko prezime n
Slovak: dievčenské meno n
Slovene: dekliški priimek m
Spanish: apellido de soltera m (only used in foreign contexts, married women in Spanish-speaking countries keep their original surnames instead)
Swedish: flicknamn (sv) n
Thai: นามสกุล ก่อน แต่งงาน (naam-sà-gun gɔ̀ɔn dtɛ̀ng-ngaan)
Turkish: kızlık soyadı
Ukrainian: діво́че прі́звище n (divóče prízvyšče)
Vietnamese: nhũ danh (vi)
Welsh: enw morwynol m
Yiddish: מיידלישער נאָמען m (meydlisher nomen)

maiden name

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Noun

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