last name
noun
last names
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pluralof last name.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Only one name on the list is redacted and the rest of the first and last names are public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
Filipino first and last names are a mix of English and Spanish inherited from its former colonisers the US and Spain.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Our last names got lost, and people just thought of the band names as our family names, like the Ramones!
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
None who did want to be identified by their last names, which is remarkable given that this is a story about trying to adopt cats and kittens, not spilling state secrets.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
She got three last names and, let me see, two first names.
From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
