surname
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Shortly before he took office in January 2025, the Chinese government and official media began using a different Chinese character for "lu" to represent the first syllable in his surname.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
The Hepburn surname was an affectation of her father’s, which she later adopted.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Knowing his history of branding and licensing his surname, this shouldn’t come as a surprise.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
A judgment made in 2023, published in February 2025, said Albon had applied to be named on the birth certificate of another child and wanted its surname changed to match his.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
In memory of that occasion, the child was named Jean Le Rond, and he eventually took the surname d’Alembert.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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