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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

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

Jayne, who did not want her second name to be used, described her experience being stranded in Ibiza as "horrific".

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2023

McKeefery yells inside the Dempsey Indoor Center, the second name barely audible above the resulting roar.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Cassiopeia looked worried, for to learn to spell a second name when she was not yet on solid ground with the first would be asking a great deal.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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