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ancestral names

ancestral names is the plural of ancestral name.

Meaning of ancestral name

Noun

ancestral name (plural ancestral names)

  1. A surname, particularly used in contexts where other surnames (such as patronymics or clan names) need to be distinguished
  2. The xing surname in its ancient use where it was distinguished from the shi clan name, as opposed to its modern use as a simple surname

Questions about ancestral names

What is ancestral names the plural of?
Ancestral names is the plural of ancestral name.

Words near ancestral names in the dictionary

  1. ancestral chart
  2. ancestral charts
  3. ancestral hall
  4. ancestral halls
  5. ancestral name
  6. ancestral names
  7. Ancestral Puebloan
  8. Ancestral Puebloans
  9. ancestral shrine
  10. ancestral shrines
  11. ancestral temple

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ancestral names (page history and authors); ancestral name (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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