The maternal name is derived from the mother's name, which is not the married name, as that name may well be taken from the husbands surname, but it may be taken from the mother's maiden name. You may need to know the individual circumstances of the family to arrive at the questions correct conclusion
It's the name she had before she was married. In most cases, your mother's maiden name will be the same as the last name of your maternal grandfather (your mother's father).
A married womans maiden name is the last name she had before she was married, the last name of her parents.
Traditionally in the English-speaking world, a child uses the family name of the father. Also traditionally, when a woman marries, she takes the family name of her husband. At that point the family name she used to use, the family name of her father, is called her "maiden name" because it was her name when she was a maiden. Your mother's maiden name is usually the surname (or family name) of your maternal grandfather.
No. Only married people (typically women) have a maiden name. A maiden name is someone's last name before she/he got married.
a maiden name is a last name that you had before you where married
Since Henry Hudson was a man he did not change his name when he married and therefore has no "maiden name." Only married women could have maiden names.
Your mother's maiden name is her last name (surname) before she married.
joes maiden name is joe Jonas he is not married
'Maiden name' is used to refer to a married woman's surname prior to her taking her husband's name at marriage. If Jane White married William Sullivan and became Jane Sullivan, White would be her maiden name.
The spelling is maiden - and it is a woman's birth name (if a woman is married, her maiden name is her birth name) The spelling is maiden - and it is a woman's birth name (if a woman is married, her maiden name is her birth name) In short, it is the name a woman used before she becomes married. Usually a woman gives up her maiden name and takes her husbands. ie: Joan Everest becomes Mrs. John Betterman. Her maiden name is still Everest
A woman's maiden name - is the surname she was born with. She would normally take her husbands surname once they married. For example, Miss Smith (her maiden name) - would become Mrs Jones (her married name).
Cruella is not married, so her maiden name is de Vil.