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Everyone has a Surname (last name), but only a married woman will have a Maiden name (surname prior to marriage)

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Q: What is the difference between surname and maiden name?
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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.


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