Epithets
Surnames
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Special Person, Normal Name: In a Nightside full of weird surnames/epithets ("Oblivion", "Fabulous") and weirder nicknames, John doesn't seem to have picked up either, despite being one of its more infamous residents.
Source: Literature / Nightside -
The custom began among the nobility and the warrior classes (the first to adopt true surnames in place of patronymics or epithets) and eventually spread to the merchant and peasant classes as well.
Source: Meaningful Rename - But their real surnames were often eclipsed by their epithets in posterity.
Source: Luke Nounverber
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Surnames and Epithets. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/epithets/surnames
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Surnames or Epithets. 2016. Accessed August 12, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/epithets/surnames.
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