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Recent Examples of married name
The handbag had a personal touch customized for Roberts with the initials JM, which is her married name — Julia Moder.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
Remembered at times by her first married name, Bunny Orsak, the effervescent performer was canceled suddenly by KTRK Channel 13’s new owners, Capital Cities/ABC, one day in 1971.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
Her Facebook account reflected her married name: Jenifer Coppola Cage.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 2 May 2025
Known then by her married name of Adriana Shayota, Camberos was at the time about halfway through a 26-month federal prison term for her role in a fraud scheme with her ex-husband and others involving counterfeit 5-hour Energy drinks.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
Remembered at times by her first married name, Bunny Orsak, the effervescent performer was canceled suddenly by KTRK Channel 13’s new owners, Capital Cities/ABC, one day in 1971.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
Her Facebook account reflected her married name: Jenifer Coppola Cage.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 2 May 2025
Known then by her married name of Adriana Shayota, Camberos was at the time about halfway through a 26-month federal prison term for her role in a fraud scheme with her ex-husband and others involving counterfeit 5-hour Energy drinks.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for married name
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Jenny’s previous owner, Isabella Perman, had the maiden name Fell.—
Eugene Robinson,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Their divorce was finalized less than two years later – in June 2017, court records show – about a month after it was filed by Tepe, who was using her maiden name of Sabaturski at the time.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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The move to mirror the suffocation of fame and family name by making the show’s scope increasingly claustrophobic is not untrodden territory.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2026
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The husband can take the wife’s name or the wife can take the husband’s name, but only one family name.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took the stage dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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He was decked out in a custom all-white outfit, featuring a jersey bearing his mother’s last name, Ocasio, and the number 64, which is the number his uncle once wore as a football player.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Married name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/married%20name. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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