Surname and Tag

Surname

Surname noun - A descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual.

Usage example: “da Vinci” was Leonardo's surname but not his family name, Vinci being the town near Florence where the great artist was born

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Tag and surname are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tag" instead a noun "Surname".

Tag noun - A slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it.

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Surname and tag are semantically related. You can use "Surname" instead a noun "Tag".

old	old surname	old tag
good	good surname	good tag
full	full surname	full tag
normal	normal surname	normal tag
Other adjectives: original, fake, single, actual, real, personal, new, official, different.

Though the WWE tag team of Jesse and Festus were referred to as the Daltons in their introductory vignettes, their relationship appears to have been erased at the same time as their surname.

Source: Unrelated Brothers
When a promoter forms a tag team from two guys who look vaguely alike and slaps a new surname on one or both of them, the result is a set of Unrelated Brothers.

Source: Unrelated Brothers
The only reason Tag didn't have Pablo's surname was because whilst Tag's mom was pregnant, Pablo told her to escape from Argentina when he was arrested.

Source: Western Animation / Foot 2 Rue

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