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| − | A '''maiden name''' is the name that a [[girl]] has, before she gets [[marriage|married]] and becomes a [[woman]]. For example, the maiden name of [[ | + | A '''maiden name''' is the name that a [[girl]] has, before she gets [[marriage|married]] and becomes a [[woman]]. For example, the maiden name of [[Hillary Clinton]] (before she married former [[President]] [[Bill Clinton]]) was [[Hillary Rodham]]. |
| − | In some other cultures, such as the [[Hispanic]] culture, women do not take their | + | In some other cultures, such as the [[Hispanic]] culture, women do not take their husband'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. |
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A maiden name is the name that a girl has, before she gets married and becomes a woman. For example, the maiden name of Hillary Clinton (before she married former President Bill Clinton) was Hillary Rodham.
In some other cultures, such as the Hispanic culture, women do not take their husband'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.