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What is the difference between mother's maiden surname and mother's maiden first name?
There is no such thing as a "maiden first name." A woman's maiden name is the surname she used before she married and took her husband's surname.
What is a maidin 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
What is maiden name?
'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.
In Ghost Whisperer why did Melinda use her maiden name?
Melinda used her maiden name because she didn't want to confuse people who came to her store.
What is a maiden name?
In the English-speaking world, until recently it was the universal custom that upon marriage the woman would take the surname of her husband. Before marriage, she would use the surname of her father. When a woman was not married, she was a "maiden," a woman who never had sexual relations. So the "maiden name" of a woman is the surname she used before marriage, usually that of her father. Your mother's maiden name is the surname your mother used before she ever married, and is thus her father's (your maternal grandfather's) surname. Before computers were widely used for activities such as genealogy and fan gossip, knowledge of the maiden name of one's mother was not readily available to people outside the immediate family. That name was therefore used as a security device by banks and other institutions. When you opened an account, you gave them your mother's maiden name. Later, if you needed to change the account, your knowledge of your mothers maiden name helped to assure them that you were, in fact, the valid account holder. Now that genealogies are widely posted on the Internet this is a much less secure method of identification. If a woman never marries, her maiden name remains the same. e.g. her birth name, e.g. the name of her legal father.
What is the meaning of mother's maiden name?
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.
What is used in stating a woman's maiden name?
Her surname before marriage.
What is your mothers maiden name?
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).
What is the deiffernce between maiden name and given name?
Given name is the one given to you by your parents and used in school and the best part of your life . Maiden name is when you lose your status by marriage and you have to add your husbands name cancelling your parents .
What is an iron maiden?
It is a device used to torture people, first used in the late 18th century. Iron Maiden is also the name of an English heavy metal rock band.
What is mother's maiden?
Until the late 20th Century, it was the universal custom among speakers of the English language that upon marriage the woman would take the surname of her husband. The surname she had used before marriage, usually her father's surname, is called her maiden name, because it was the name she used when she was a maiden.
Is your new changed name your maiden name?
Your maiden name is traditionally the last name that you were given at birth. However, if you had a legal name change prior to your first marriage, you would use that current legal last name as your maiden name on your marriage license. Also, there is no law requiring you to change your last name to your new spouse's name.
