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afternames

afternames is the plural of aftername.

Meaning of aftername

Noun

aftername (plural afternames)

  1. A designation which comes after a name, similar to, yet not necessarily equivalent to one's last name
    • 'Oh, Lord kens that; we dinna mind folk's afternames muckle here, they run sae muckle into clans.'1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer

Questions about afternames

What is afternames the plural of?
Afternames is the plural of aftername.

Words near afternames in the dictionary

  1. afterminds
  2. aftermost
  3. aftermovement
  4. aftermovements
  5. aftername
  6. afternames
  7. afterness
  8. afternoon
  9. afternoon delight
  10. afternoon delights
  11. afternoon farmer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: afternames (page history and authors); aftername (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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