The maiden Surname

maiden Name Meaning and History

English: nickname for a man of effeminate appearance, from Middle English maiden, the usual word for a young girl (Old English mægden).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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maiden Family Facts

Distribution of maiden Families in the US in 1920

Number of maiden families

22-42

8-21

1-7

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 82 - Messages: 255

Thread	Author	Replies
Maiden Lineage	llcew00	30
MAIDEN Family; VA	G. E. Morin	16
Daniel MAIDEN m. Janie LEHEN 1787	xd22577	2
“Guardian Bonds, Washington County, Virginia 1780-1872”	xd22577	0
James MAIDEN m. Mary Ann LANDER, 1834	xd22577	0
JAMES & DOCIA MAIDEN'S CHILDREN INTO KENTUCKY	leonmaiden	0
Maiden Cemetery in Washington Co., VA	T. Harris	5
MAIDEN connections with Oldham, Lancashire and Gloucestershire	WILLIAM	4
obit fyi - Royal Edward "Eddie" MAIDEN III , 1931 TN. - 2007 CA.	LorraineGilmer02	0
Sidney Maiden	sampartin	2

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