In some cases the child takes the mother's surname as a middle name and the father's name as the family name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

She's named after my sister-in-law." "Well I always liked the name Sebastian, so I wanted to name our older son Sebastian.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

He said it was an administration of enemies of the Union who used the president's name and power for their own purposes.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

But his middle name is Miles which is my mother's maiden name." "Elizabeth is named after my grandmother.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

A listener wanted to know if Billie Jean is considered a girl's name, or if it can be used as a boy's name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

As you can guess from the room's name, it now houses many statues from the national collection.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

ABBOTT: "That's the man's name." COSTELLO: "That's who's name?" ABBOTT: "Yes." COSTELLO: "Well, go ahead and tell me." ABBOTT: "That's it." COSTELLO: "That's who?"

VOA: special.2009.03.09

So we took my mother's name and her name. "He is a third so,and I didn't like Trip or Tre, so Tres had it.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

At first, they forget simple things, like where they put something or a person's name.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

The small sign next to the work says the artist's name is Jacob Lawrence.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

But many women now add their husband's name or keep their own name.

VOA: special.2011.05.23

The newspaper said Americans shortened and changed the criminal's name Borghese, to bogus.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Whereas if you connect with them on LinkedIn, now I've got not only the person's name and contact information, but I know what their prior jobs were.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

If you Google someone, you might find that person's name on a blog.

VOA: special.2009.04.19