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Meanings of real name in English

Taboo name.

        Usage of real name in English
        1
        Reuters has not published his real name, given concerns about his safety.
        Reuters
        2
        I was going to start afresh: people would use my real name.
        The Guardian
        3
        Using her real name, as if he'd known no other, Leo said:
        Agent 6
        4
        His real name can't be used as young offenders mustn't be identified.
        Radio NZ
        5
        She couldn't recall and she couldn't quite remember his real name, either.
        The Fireman
        6
        Perry's real name is Perenelle: she is ten years older than me.
        The Alchemyst
        7
        She did not want her real name used, for fear of reprisals.
        Reuters
        8
        The times I talked to her, I didn't know her real name.
        Body work
        9
        Few know his real name and that's the way he likes it.
        The Irish Times
        10
        After that they would hardly need to be told your real name.
        The lord of the rings
        11
        And speaking of luck, I want to tell you my real name.
        Angel time: the songs of the seraphim
        12
        Only then did I come to know who he was-his real name.
        Death of a Red Heroine
        13
        I told him that this man-his source-musthave known Rick's real name.
        Explosive
        14
        The real name of the subject of this preface is Jacques-Anatole Thibault.
        The Red Lily — Volume 01
        15
        I decided to call myself Smith, until I remember my real name.
        Immortality Inc.
        16
        Hank Barnes is his mail-order name; his real name is Sol Zausner.
        The new yorker
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        Real name across language varieties
        Australia
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
        South Africa
        Common
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