Technically, the first significant influx of Latino immigrants to the U.S. occurred during the California Gold Rush, or just after most of the modern boundary between the U.S. and Mexico was established at the end of the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-48).
If a woman is born with the name âJane Smithâ and she chooses to marry âJohn Jones,â she might choose to change her last name to Jones, becoming âJane Jones.â In this scenario, âSmithâ would be Jane's maiden name. maiden name is the last name used by a woman before changing her name upon marriage. The practice of adopting the husband's surname after marriage is less common than it once was.
Meaning of âmaiden nameâ in the English Dictionary. See all translations. uk â /ËmeÉª.dÉn ËneÉªm/ us â /ËmeÉª.dÉn ËneÉªm/. âº A woman's maiden name is the family name she has before she gets married. (Definition of âmaiden nameâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press)