Maiden (disambiguation)

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

• Maiden Castle (disambiguation)

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