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.
Definition of maiden. 1  1a (1) : not married a maiden aunt (2) : virginb of a female animal (1) : never yet mated (2) : never having borne young. 2  2 : of, relating to, or befitting a maiden. 3  3 : first, earliest a ship's maiden voyage the maiden flight of a spacecraft.