last name
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- noun
- /læst neɪm/
- US
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- I showed up at his class because his last name was the same as mine.
- first and last name
- give your last name
- the same last name
So it's just my first name, Eric and then last name EICKHOF.
- So it's just my first name, Eric and then last name EICKHOF.
- OK, my last question, so your last name, that's well, Irish, correct?
- So my kids have his last name and the dogs have mine.
- I will change my last name, like from Tang to Wang.
- So my first name is Freeman, my last name Dyson, and my title Mr.
- And before any of you ask, yes, his last name was Mohammed, which is
- And and that's a wild last name Grau.
- When do you see your last name inscribed in the block?
- Listen, the way to pronounce my last name winner.
- But her, one of the, the wife's last name was like Fallon.
- That's actually how Siri says our last name, Kathleen Funds.
- Yeah that's my last name came from yay.
Examples
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She was proud to carry her family's last name throughout her life.
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I recognized the last name.
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No, but they took the last name, right?
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Should we change our last names?
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What is his last name, please?
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Most schools also have policies against putting students' first and last names online.
Academic text (2012) -
The book title and author's last name were attached to the book's spine.
Academic text (2012) -
The collection is listed alphabetically by the last name of the soldier.
Academic text (2005) -
There's no one with the last name of Emma on the Island.
Fiction book (1992) -
Label the sample pot with three identifiers: the patient's first name, last name, and date of birth.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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The name a person shares with other family members, not the given name
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A name that people in the same family share
A family name in ancient Rome that shows a person's family group
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the part of a person's name that comes last (the family name/surname)' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'last' (coming at the end) with 'name' (word identifying a person). This compositional relationship is straightforward and cross-linguistically common (despite variation in name order), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The compound last name comes from the simple idea of the words last and name. It is the 'name' that comes 'last' after a person's first name, like 'Smith' in John Smith, and so it means 'family name'.