Last name
Last name noun - A name shared by members of a family.
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Synonyms for Last name
Patronymic and last name are semantically related In some cases you can use "Patronymic" instead a noun phrase "Last name".
Patronymic
Patronymic noun - A family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor).
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Synonyms for Patronymic
Last name and patronymic are semantically related in family name topic. You can use "Last name" instead a noun "Patronymic".
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Related pairs
- handle and last name
- handle and patronymic
- name and last name
- name and patronymic
- cognomen and last name
- cognomen and patronymic
- epithet and last name
- epithet and patronymic
- signature and last name
- signature and patronymic
- trade name and last name
- trade name and patronymic
- byname and last name
- byname and patronymic
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- It can also be a sign that an English writer didn't do the research if they have a Russian character with a patronymic for his last name (or if he has two patronymics).
Source: Useful Notes / Patronymic - Russians are very strict about whether they'll call someone by their last name, given name or patronymic.
Source: First Name Basis / Real Life - In Russia, the patronymic (отчество otchestvo) is sort of like the middle name; it comes in between the first name (имя imya) and last name (фамилия familiya).
Source: Useful Notes / Patronymic
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