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Definition birth name in British English

birth name noun

noun
1

the surname that a person is given when they are born

Example

An interesting debate was launched on Twitter when @KenSmith asked whether it was about time we dropped "maiden name" for the gender-neutral "birth name".

Definition birth name in British English