| 释义 |
surname
n. A family name. Upon marriage a wife is entitled to take her husband’s surname (and title or rank) and to continue using it after his death or divorce (unless she uses it for fraudulent purposes), although she is not obliged to do so. A “legitimate” child, by custom, takes the name of his father and an “illegitimate” child that of his mother (although the father’s name may be entered on the birth registration if both parents agree or an order names the man as the putative father). Upon adoption a child will usually take the name of his adoptive parents. See also change of name. |