last name

noun

1. surname.

last name

noun

1. another term for surname

Word History and Origins

Origin of last name¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

He went by his maternal grandmother’s last name professionally, as did two of his three brothers who all worked in broadcast journalism.

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Anomaly, who changed his last name as a college student, is a former professor of political science at Duke University.

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Denes said Buzzard legally changed Melodee’s last name to match her own and cut off physical contact with the girl’s father’s family.

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Timothy, a fellow Republican who withheld his last name to avoid online trolls, echoed the sentiment.

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They divorced several years later, but she kept his last name, partly because her mother hated the idea of wasting wedding gifts of monogrammed linens.

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Related Words

• surname