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When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.
Alejandro Nicolas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is an American attorney and government official who was the seventh United States secretary of homeland security, serving from 2021 until 2025. A member of the Democratic Party , Mayorkas previously served as the director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013 ...
Tanya or Tania is the Slavic hypocoristic of Tatiana.It is commonly used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world. [1] The name's popularity among English-speakers (and other non-Slavs) was originally due to the popularity of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin, whose heroine is named Tatiana "Tanya" Larina (who is rarely named by the short name in the poem).
Charlotte Mayorkas (born September 11, 1983) is an American professional golfer and golf instructor. She is known for how she started at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she earned multiple All-American honors, and for her professional career, which included participation on the LPGA Tour .
Tanya Otsuka [150] January 8, 2024 (Confirmed December 20, 2023 by voice vote) [V 185] — Peace Corps — Director of the Peace Corps: Carol Spahn [249] January 11, 2023 (Confirmed December 13, 2022 by voice vote) [V 186] — — Deputy Director of the Peace Corps: David E. White Jr. December 22, 2023 (Confirmed December 20, 2023 by voice vote ...
The name originated as a short form of Antonia with influence from the Spanish form Toña. It can be found throughout the English-speaking world but is most common in the United States. The popularity of the name has been influenced by its conflation with the unrelated name Tanya, which originated as a diminutive form of Tatiana. [1]
Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, 604 U.S. 6 (2024), is a United States Supreme Court case about whether an individual can obtain judicial review regarding a revoked visa petition based on non-discretionary criteria. The US Supreme Court ruled that visa revocations are left to the discretion of the Homeland Security Department. [1]
Tanya (name), a feminine given name; Film. Tanya, a Soviet musical comedy by Grigori Aleksandrov; Tanya, a low-budget American comedy; Music "Tanya", a ...