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ENGL
English without the "-ISH"
Maiden name → 娘家姓名
“Maiden name”是指妇女婚前的姓氏。
Keeping up with the Kardashians
Maiden name (n.) - the surname that a married woman used from birth, prior to its being legally changed at marriage.
同义词: family name
What’s her maiden name? → 她结婚前姓什么？
Her maiden name is Brown, but she got married and now her last name is Smith. → 她的娘家姓是Brown，但她结婚了，现在她的姓是Smith。
New York Times: Maiden Names, on the Rise Again, by Claire Cain Miller, Derek Willis
"The practice of keeping one’s maiden name after marriage — which appears to have declined sometime in the 1980s or 1990s — has begun rising again, according to an Upshot analysis of data from multiple sources."
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