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adoption name

adoption name noun: the legal name, or names that a child receives following the legal process of adoption, which typically includes their adoptive parents' surname.

Noun

adoption name (plural adoption names)

  1. The legal name, or names that a child receives following the legal process of adoption, which typically includes their adoptive parents' surname.

Forms of adoption name

pluraladoption names

Questions about adoption name

What does adoption name mean?
Adoption name means the legal name, or names that a child receives following the legal process of adoption, which typically includes their adoptive parents' surname.
What part of speech is adoption name?
Adoption name is a noun.
What is the plural of adoption name?
The plural of adoption name is adoption names.

Words near adoption name in the dictionary

  1. adoptianists
  2. adoptians
  3. adopting
  4. adopting out
  5. adoption
  6. adoption name
  7. adoption names
  8. adoptional
  9. adoptionism
  10. adoptionisms
  11. adoptionist

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