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second name

British  

noun

  1. another term for surname

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They offered a second name, "Carroll," for another crater, which they asked be named after the late wife of mission commander Wiseman, who died of cancer.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

Plaid Cymru's rules aim for gender equality, meaning the second name on each regional list must be a woman.

From BBC May 30, 2025

In San Francisco, where more than a fifth of residents are of Chinese descent, politicians have long taken a second name in Chinese characters.

From New York Times Feb. 18, 2024

Born Aug. 18, 1927, in Plains, Eleanor Rosalynn Smith always went by her second name.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2023

If he had a second name, nobody knew it.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

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