Last name and Namesake

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Last name noun - A name shared by members of a family.

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Namesake and last name are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Namesake" instead a noun phrase "Last name".

Namesake noun - A person with the same name as another.

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Last name and namesake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Last name" instead a noun "Namesake".

Subverted with "Morgan Freeman", who Dave notes doesn't look, sound, or is even named anything like his namesake (his real last name is "Appleton").

Source: Literature / John Dies at the End
The town was named after American Revolutionary War general "Mad" Anthony Wayne (who is the namesake for a lot of towns around the US, as well as Batman's last name!)

Source: I Am Not Shazam / Music
This still embarrasses some local whites, who want as of late 2012 to use the The Namesake's last name instead, making it Grandstaff Canyon, but the NAACP likes the current name just fine, and is again working to keep it.

Source: Please Select New City Name

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