Meaning of aftername | Babel Free

Definitions

A designation which comes after a name, similar to, yet not necessarily equivalent to one's last name

Examples

“'Oh, Lord kens that; we dinna mind folk's afternames muckle here, they run sae muckle into clans.'”

“Not only did the saints have all these afternames but the heroes and ancestors had twice as many of an identical pattern. And soon I observed that the first names were composed of the same elements as the afternames.”

“In England, in the Middle Ages, an individual sometimes used alternative afternames, that of his place of residence, his trade, or that of his master instead of that of his father.”

“'Now is Dog the first name you have or the aftername?'”

“At this point in his narrative Snorri ties up his tale of Harald's aftername.”

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