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.
Before marriage, she would use the surname of her father. When a woman was not married, she was a maiden, a woman who never had sexual relations. So the maiden name of a woman is the surname she used before marriage, usually that of her father.Your mother's maiden name is the surname your mother used before she ever married, and is thus her father's (your maternal grandfather's) surname.efore marriage, she would use the surname of her father. When a woman was not married, she was a maiden, a woman who never had sexual relations. So the maiden name of a woman is the surname she used before marriage, usually that of her father.