Maiden (disambiguation)
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A maiden is a female virgin.
Maiden or Maidens may also refer to:
Common uses
- Maiden, the first of the three aspects of the Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
- Maiden, applied figuratively to mean new, unspoilt or first:
- Maiden flight
- Maiden over, in 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
- Maiden voyage, the first voyage of a vessel
- Maiden name, the family name carried by a woman before marriage
Arts, entertainment, and media
- MaiDen, the alternate name of the fictional supercouple AlDub, the love team of Alden Richards and Yaya Dub
- Maiden (film), a documentary film by Alex Holmes about Tracy Edwards and her all-woman yacht crew
- Iron Maiden, British heavy metal band, often shortened to 'Maiden'
- Rozen Maiden, a manga and anime series
- The Dragon Chronicles – The Maidens, 1994 Hong Kong film
Places
United Kingdom
- 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
- Maidens Green, Berkshire
- The Maidens, Northern Ireland
United States
- Maiden, North Carolina, in Catawba County
- Maiden Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania
- Maiden Rock, Wisconsin
- Maidens, Virginia
Other uses
- Maiden (guillotine), a device used for executions
- Maiden (yacht), the ocean racing yacht associated with sailor Tracy Edwards
- Crystal Maiden, an archaeological object
- Euromaidan, a Ukrainian protest and riot movement
- Maiden Holdings, a Bermuda insurance holding company
- Maiden rocksnail (Leptoxis formosa), an extinct freshwater snail species
People with the surname
- Anton Maiden (1980–2007), real name Anton Gustafsson, Swedish amateur singer of Iron Maiden songs
- 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
- Willie Maiden (1928–1976), American jazz saxophonist and arranger
See also
- Bal maiden
- Iron maiden (disambiguation)
- Maiden Lane (disambiguation)
- Maiden's hair (disambiguation)
- Maidenhead (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Maiden
- All pages with titles containing maiden
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