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  2. Mononym - Wikipedia

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    The structure of persons' names has varied across time and geography. In some societies, individuals have been mononymous, receiving only a single name. Alulim, first king of Sumer, is one of the earliest names known; Narmer, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, is another.

  3. List of legally mononymous people - Wikipedia

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    Name change: Warrior: James Hellwig: 1959: 2014: American professional wrestler [9] [10] Name change: Winter: Rafael Antonio Lozano Jr. 1972-American software programmer best known for his goal to visit every company-owned Starbucks location in the world; changed name first to John Winter Smith, then to mononym Winter [11] Name change: Ye ...

  4. List of people who adopted matrilineal surnames - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Quick (born Sture Ragnar Bergwall, a name he has since readopted, after using his mother's maiden name "Quick" for many years) – convicted Swedish criminal, previously believed to be a serial killer, having confessed to more than 30 murders. He was convicted of eight of these murders, but all of the convictions have been overturned ...

  5. Aptronym - Wikipedia

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    An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). [1] Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym". [2] The word "euonym" (eu-+ -onym), dated to late 1800, is defined as "a name well suited to the person, place, or thing named". [3]

  6. Birthright citizenship: Why the ‘right of soil’ is so big in ...

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    The principle had been established in English law in the early 17th century by a ruling that anyone born in a place subject to the king of England was a “natural-born subject of England.”

  7. BabyCenter releases list of names 'heading for extinction' in ...

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    BabyCenter said the names were determined "due to their having the biggest declines in name registrations between 2023 and 2024." Looking for baby names inspo: See list of most popular names

  8. VP-Elect Kamala Harris Kept Her Last Name. Here's Why ... - AOL

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    The working mom is an emblem of the 21st century. Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris didn’t change her last name after marrying her husband Douglas Emhoff, and it's kind of a big deal.

  9. Stage name - Wikipedia

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    Some individuals who are related to a celebrity take a different last name, so they are not perceived to have received undue advantage from their family connection.Actor Nicolas Cage, born Nicolas Coppola, chose a new last name to avoid comparisons with his uncle, director Francis Ford Coppola, who gave him his big break in the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High.