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.
Everyone has a Surname (last name), but only a married woman will have a Maiden name (surname prior to marriage)
Your mother's maiden name is her last name (surname) before she married.
Their surname before they were married (and therefore took husbands surname, assuming they were married and chose to do so). Your mother's maiden name is her surname before she got married for the first time and took her husband's surname.
maiden name
Because its the one of the most memorable names. For example, your mother takes your fathers name if they wed and so (unless you pretty much have no interest in your mother) you should know their maiden name. Also because if it were you surname that's easy, to track a mothers maiden name would mean searching through wedding records.
Your maiden name is the surname you had before you got married.
Any surname can be a mother's maiden name. A maiden name is merely the surname a woman uses (typically her father's, given to her at birth) before she marries and takes her husband's surname if she chooses to do so.
No, the surname is typically the family name passed down from one generation to the next, while the maiden name is the surname a woman has before she gets married.
maiden name
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Dandle.
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