Public domain photograph by A. Malahoff, University of Hawaii, 1980. Figure 6.8-C, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1350. Fresh pillow basalt on the northeast rim of Loihi Volcano, a submarine volcano located southeast of the Island of Hawaii. Photograph coverage is 10 by 14 meters. Public domain photograph by A. Malahoff, University of Hawaii, 1980.
The definition of a maiden name is the surname or birth name a woman has before she marries and takes her husband's last name.
Also traditionally, when a woman marries, she takes the family name of her husband. Atâ¦ that point the family name she used to use, the family name of her father, is called her maiden name because it was her name when she was a maiden. Your mother's maiden name is usually the surname (or family name) of your maternal grandfather.