Meaning of surname | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).
2. The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s)
3. Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement.
   obsolete
4. Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement
5. Synonym of nickname, an additional name given to a person, place, or thing, a byname.
   obsolete
6. Synonym of nickname, an additional name given to a person, place, or thing, a byname
7. The cognomen of Roman names.
   Classical-studies
8. The cognomen of Roman names
9. To give a surname to

Equivalents

Examples

“James is my first name⟳, and Smith is my surname.”

“In late yeeres Surnames have⟳ beene given for Christian names among vs, and no where else in Christendom.”

“The Norman Conquest...brought with it the novelty of family nomenclature, that is to say⟳, the use⟳ of hereditary surnames.”

“Barsabas (whose syrname was Iustus).”

“My sirname is Peace-Maker, one that is but poorely regarded in England.”

“To his sur-name Coriolanus longs more pride Then pitty to our Prayers.”

“I have⟳ before declared that Baal was the Sun, and Baal Peor, a sirname, from a particular place⟳ of his worship⟳.”

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