Maiden name

A maiden name is the name that a girl has, before she gets married and becomes a woman. For example, the maiden name of Hilary Clinton (before she married former President Bill Clinton) was Hilary Rodham.

In some other cultures, such as the Hispanic culture, women do not take their hudband's name. Instead, the child gets his mother's name and one of his fathers' names, as in "Gabriel Garcia Lorca", whose mother was named Garcia and whose father was named Lorca, or vice versa.