Ruth Nidesand took the surname of her second husband.
That surname code had governed social intercourse in the English-speaking world for centuries.
The opera gets its title from Mr Clinton's birth surname, which he went by until taking his stepfather's name as a teenager.
By tradition, she had to use her husband's surname Kojima on their marriage certificate, which means she must also use it on any other legal documents.
Thus you can see that only by tracing a particular family line, possibly back to the 14th century or beyond, will you discover which version of a surname is yours.
Call me Tom, don't surname me.
In Western Society we have at least two official names, a given name and a surname.
Zhang spoke on condition of only being identified by his surname and English first name instead of his full Chinese name.
On coming back a few days afterwards (for I did not consider my banishment perpetual) I found they had christened him `Heathcliff': it was the name of a son who died in childhood, and it has served him ever since, both for Christian and surname.
Then suppose you wanted to change the condition to check that no employee has that surname.
She hinted in a murmur that the surname of the balancing girl was Baker. (I've heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only to make people lean toward her, an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.)
Mr Brown had earlier misspelt her surname in a letter of condolence.
Your surname may be derived from a place, such as Lancaster, for example, or an occupation, such as Weaver, but this is not necessarily of relevance to your family history.
Now, following a decree from the interior ministry, families in the town will be allowed to adopt their soubriquet as a second, official surname.
What is your surname?
The Economist's style is very rigid: name in full on first citation and title plus surname thereafter.
