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.
Traditionally in the English-speaking world, a child uses the family name of the father. Also traditionally, when a woman marries, she takes the family name of her husband.At 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.our mother's maiden name is her surname before she got married for the first time and took her husband's surname. 2 people found this useful. Edit. Share to: Dodi Tov. 275,914 Contributions. Old ladies are dangerous. Always remember that. I'm an old lady. Follow the logic.