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Meanings of double-barrelled name in English

Russian
составная фамилия
Portuguese
sobrenome composto
Spanish
apellido compuesto
Catalan
cognom doble

Family name that is a combination of two other family names.

      составная фамилия
      Usage of double-barrelled name in English
      1
      I do not have a double-barrelled name here either, he thought.
      Depths
      2
      Susanna, 42: I had a double-barrelled name, and I just dropped his and started using back my maiden name.
      Jamaica Observer
      3
      Alex Liddington-Cox writes in Essential Baby that his child will be taking their mother's surname, because of the hell of a having a double-barrelled name.
      Radio NZ
      4
      "Awkward thing sometimes having a double-barrelled name," he continued.
      Pushed and the Return Push
      Translations for double-barrelled name