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A maiden is a male or female virgin.
Maiden or Maidens may also refer to:
Meaning "first"
edit- Maiden flight, the first flight by an aircraft
- Maiden name, the family name carried by a woman before marriage
- Maiden over, in the sport of cricket, an over in which no runs are scored
- Maiden race, the first race for a horse
- Maiden race horse, a race horse that has yet to win a race
- Maiden speech, the first speech made by a politician in a formal assembly
Arts, entertainment, and media
edit- Iron Maiden, a British heavy metal band, often shortened to "Maiden"
- Maiden, the first of the three aspects of the Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
- Maiden, the author abbreviation for Joseph Maiden
- MaiDen, the alternative name of the fictional supercouple AlDub on a Philippine TV show
- Maiden (film), a documentary film by Alex Holmes
- The Maiden (film), 2022 Canadian drama film
- Maiden, a survival horror short video game made as a demo for Resident Evil Village
People with the surname
edit- David Maiden, Scottish rugby league player
- Gregor Maiden (born 1979), Scottish cricketer
- Jennifer Maiden (born 1949), Australian poet and novelist
- Joe Maiden, author and BBC Radio presenter
- Joseph Maiden (1859–1925), English/Australian botanist
- Michael Maidens (1987–2007), English footballer
- Sidney Maiden (1917–c.1987), American country blues musician
- Willie Maiden (1928–1976), American jazz saxophonist and arranger
Places
edit- Mai-den Hall, Kumano Taisha, Matsue, Shimane, Japan
United Kingdom
edit- Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire
- Maiden Island, Oban Bay, Scotland
- Maiden Law, Durham, England
- Maiden Moor, in the Lake District of England
- Maiden Newton, Dorset
- Maiden Stack, Shetland
- Maiden Stone, Pictish standing stone near Inverurie, Scotland
- Maiden Wells, Pembrokeshire
- Maidens, South Ayrshire, Scotland
- Maiden's Green, Berkshire
- The Maidens, Northern Ireland
United States
edit- Maiden, North Carolina, in Catawba County
- Maiden Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania
- Maiden Rock, Wisconsin
- Maidens, Virginia
Other uses
edit- Maiden (guillotine), a device used for executions
- Maiden (yacht), an ocean racing yacht
- Maiden Holdings, a Bermuda insurance holding company
- Maiden rocksnail (Leptoxis formosa), an extinct freshwater snail species
See also
editSearch for "maiden" on Wikipedia.
- All pages with titles beginning with Maiden
- All pages with titles containing maiden
- Maiden Castle (disambiguation)
- Maiden Lane (disambiguation)
- Maiden's hair (disambiguation)
- Iron maiden (disambiguation)
- Nine Maidens (disambiguation)
- Maidenhead (disambiguation)
- Maidan (disambiguation)
- Maid (disambiguation)
- Virgin (disambiguation)