surname
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English surname, a partial calque of Old French surnum, surnoun (“surname; nickname”) (whence Middle English surnoun), from Late Latin supernōmen, suprānōmen (“surname”), from super- (“over, above, beyond”) and nōmen (“name”), equivalent to sur- + name.
Definitions
The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of…
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).
- 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.
Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace,…
Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement.
- 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.
Synonym of nickname, an additional name given to a person, place, or thing, a byname.
- 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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The cognomen of Roman names.
To give a surname to.
To call by a surname.
- “Lord,” said Sir Launcelot, “I am hight Launcelot, and am surnamed ‘He of the Lake.’”
- The man, surnamed Hsieh (謝), was arrested in the city’s Jhonghe District (中和) on Friday afternoon, after investigators combed through surveillance video footage a day earlier, police said.
The neighborhood
- synonymlast name
- synonymcognomen
- synonymfamily name
- synonymsurname
- synonymto-name
- neighboraftername
- neighboraneponymous
- neighborsurnameless
- neighborname
- neighboranthroponym
- neighborbride's name
- neighbormaiden name
- neighborpatronym
- neighborpatronymic
- neighbormatronym
- neighbormatronymic
- neighboreponym
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for surname. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA