Look up: Surname


  1. surname
    [n] - the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member`s given name)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=surname

  2. Surname
    Sur'name` noun [ Prefix sur + name ; really a substitution for Middle English sournoun , from French surnom . See Sur- , and Noun , Name .] 1. A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/250

  3. Surname
    Sur·name' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Surnamed ; present participle & verbal noun Surnaming .] [ Confer French surnommer .] To name or call by an appellation added...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/250

  4. surname
    family name noun the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member`s given name)
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=surname

  5. Surname
    • (n.) An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen. • (v. t.) To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to. • (n.) A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/surname/

  6. surname
    name added to a `given` name, in many cases inherited and held in common by members of a family. Originally, many surnames identified a person by his ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/190

  7. surname
    surname 1. The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name). 2. That name which identifies someone as belonging to a particular family and that he or she has in common with other members of that family. 3. A nickname or epithet added to a person's ...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2069/12

  8. Surname
    A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name". In some Western world countries, it is commonly called "last name". In all Western countries in North and South Amer...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname

  9. SURNAME
    A person's last name
    Found op http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/glossary/

  10. surname
    1) Cognomen 2) Family name 3) Family need 4) Last name 5) Name 6) Patronym 7) Smith or jones 8) Smith or jones, e.g.
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/surname/1

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