married name
Frequency: 6.07.8 per million words
the surname a person takes upon marriage
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Examples (10)
- She decided to keep her maiden name instead of taking her husband's married name.
- Many women today choose to retain their birth name rather than adopting a married name.
- Updating her passport with her new married name was a lengthy process.
- Her official married name is now Johnson, but she still uses Smith professionally.
- The legal documents required her full married name for verification.
- In some cultures, it is customary for a woman to assume her husband's married name.
- She debated whether to hyphenate her surname or simply take her partner's married name.
- To avoid confusion, please use her married name when addressing correspondence.
- The form asks for both her maiden name and her current married name.
- Her married name became a symbol of her new family identity.