A maiden name is the surname a woman had before marrying. Keep her maiden name, use the maiden name.
It is asked for as a security question so often that it has become a poor one. Many women now keep the name rather than having a maiden name at all.
1nounmaiden nameThe surname a woman had before marrying.
“She published under her maiden name for the whole of her career.”
maiden name is a name.
Practised in Family & People