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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