surname
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- 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).
- Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement.
- Synonym of nickname, an additional name given to a person, place, or thing, a byname.
- The cognomen of Roman names.
verb
- To give a surname to.
- To call by a surname.
Pronunciation
/ˈsɜːˌneɪm/
sûʹnām'
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/ˈsɝˌneɪm/
sûrʹnām'
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Word forms
surname
surnames
sirname
sur-name
surnaming
surnamed
Etymology
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.
Translations
Afrikaans: van
Albanian: mbiemër
Arabic: لَقَب
Arabic: كُنْيَة
Arabic: اِسْم الْعَائِلَة
Arabic: كنوة
Arabic: كْنيّة
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ
Armenian: ազգանուն
Asturian: apellíu
Azerbaijani: soyad
Azerbaijani: familiya
Bashkir: фамилия
Basque: abizen
Basque: deitura
Belarusian: про́звішча
Belarusian: про́зьвішча
Bengali: উপাধি
Central Bikol: apelyido
Breton: anv
Breton: anv-familh
Breton: anv-tiegezh
Bulgarian: фами́лно и́ме
Bulgarian: фами́лия
Burmese: ရိုးရာအမည်
Carpathian Rusyn: пру́звище
Catalan: cognom
Catalan: llinatge
Chechen: фамили
Chichewa: dzina la bambo
Chinese Cantonese: 姓
Chinese Cantonese: 姓氏
Chinese: щин
Chinese: 字姓
Eastern Min Chinese: 姓氏
Hakka Chinese: 姓
Hakka Chinese: 姓氏
Chinese Mandarin: 姓
Chinese Mandarin: 姓氏
Wu Chinese: 姓
Wu Chinese: 姓氏
Chuvash: хушамат
Cornish: hanow
Czech: příjmení
Danish: efternavn
Danish: familienavn
Danish: slægtsnavn
Dutch: achternaam
Dutch: familienaam
Esperanto: familia nomo
Esperanto: familinomo
Estonian: perekonnanimi
Faroese: eftirnavn
Faroese: ættarnavn
Finnish: sukunimi
French: nom
French: patronyme
French: nom de famille
Galician: apelido
Galician: alcuño
Georgian: გვარი
German: Nachname
German: Familienname
Swabian: Familiename
Greek: επώνυμο
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