maiden name

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  N-COUNT A married woman's maiden name is her parents' surname, which she used before she got married and started using her husband's surname. (已婚女子的) 娘家姓

  例：

  The marriage broke up in 1997 and she took back her maiden name of Boreman.

  1997年婚姻破裂后她重新使用娘家姓博尔曼。