Here’s a curated list of 150+ maiden name — traditional and modern surnames often associated with female lineage before marriage. These names come from various cultures and regions, offering diversity for use in writing, genealogy, character creation, or research.
English-Origin Maiden Names
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Adams
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Anderson
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Archer
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Bailey
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Baker
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Benson
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Blair
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Brooks
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Brown
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Campbell
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Carter
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Clark
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Collins
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Cooper
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Crawford
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Davis
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Dawson
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Dixon
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Douglas
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Duncan
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Ellis
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Emerson
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Evans
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Fisher
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Foster
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Ford
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Freeman
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Gardner
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Grant
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Gray
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Green
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Hall
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Harris
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Harrison
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Hayes
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Henderson
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Hill
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Holmes
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Hudson
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Hunter
European-Origin Maiden Names
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Abbott (English)
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Bauer (German)
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Dubois (French)
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Fontaine (French)
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Schmidt (German)
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Schneider (German)
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Novak (Slavic)
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Rossi (Italian)
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Romano (Italian)
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Costa (Portuguese/Italian)
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Müller (German)
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Weber (German)
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Petrov (Russian)
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Ivanova (Russian feminine)
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Petrova (Slavic feminine)
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Kowalski (Polish)
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Nowak (Polish)
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Horváth (Hungarian)
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Kovač (Croatian)
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Varga (Hungarian)
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Bianchi (Italian)
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Lefevre (French)
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Laurent (French)
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Dupont (French)
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Moreau (French)
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Ferrara (Italian)
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Leone (Italian)
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Marino (Italian)
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De Luca (Italian)
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Delgado (Spanish)
Other Global Maiden Names
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Singh (Indian)
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Kaur (Indian, Sikh)
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Sharma (Indian)
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Patel (Indian)
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Ahmad (Arabic)
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Khan (Pakistani/Indian)
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Ali (Arabic)
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Nasser (Arabic)
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Jafari (Persian)
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Yamada (Japanese)
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Tanaka (Japanese)
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Suzuki (Japanese)
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Kim (Korean)
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Park (Korean)
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Lee (Korean)
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Wang (Chinese)
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Zhang (Chinese)
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Liu (Chinese)
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Nguyen (Vietnamese)
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Tran (Vietnamese)
Vintage & Aristocratic Maiden Names
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Whitmore
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Ravenscroft
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Ashcroft
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Blackwood
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Kingsley
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Fairfax
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Waverly
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Hargrove
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Ellington
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Carleton
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Pennington
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Montgomery
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Kensington
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Huxley
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Abernathy
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Wentworth
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Beauchamp (pronounced “Beecham”)
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Radcliffe
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Channing
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Fairchild
Fictional/Fantasy-Sounding Maiden Names
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Everhart
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Moonridge
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Thornfield
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Silvers
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Hawthorne
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Windham
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Darkmoor
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Starling
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Duskwood
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Eldridge
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Briarwood
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Ashenvale
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Rivendale
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Grimshaw
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Larkspur
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Stonebrook
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Ravenshade
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Wintermere
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Westfall
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Brightmoor
Popular Historic & Genealogical Maiden Names
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Lincoln
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Jefferson
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Franklin
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Roosevelt
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Churchill
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Kennedy
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Edison
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Morgan
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Rockefeller
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Carnegie
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Roosevelt
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Madison
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Monroe
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Hamilton
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Cleveland
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Harrison
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Adams
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Tyler
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Polk
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Grant
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