# Was Kraemer Always to Have An Unknown First Name?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 24, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-kraemer-always-to-have-an-unknown-first-name/741298 "2015-12-24T22:08:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-kraemer-always-to-have-an-unknown-first-name/741298/21 "2015-12-30T13:49:17Z")

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> [@botsgotme](#):
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> Anyway, does anybody really get addressed by his/her last name only? I can’t recall this except in the military…or in England (rich people addressing their butlers).

At least in my part of the world it is not uncommon if two guys in the same circle of acquaintances share the same first name, that one of them is eventually called by his\* last name.

- I wrote “his”, and was about to add “or her”, but fact is that I can’t recall that I ever met a girl who was called by her last name.

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