surname
surname
nounDefinition of SURNAME
1
a name shared by members of a family <judging from your surname, I'd guess that your family is Italian>
Synonyms family name, last name
2
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual <“da Vinci” was Leonardo's surname but not his family name, Vinci being the town near Florence where the great artist was born>
Synonyms alias, byname, cognomen, epithet, handle, moniker (also monicker), sobriquet (also soubriquet), surname
Related Words appellation, denomination, denotation, designation, label, tag, title; anonym, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym
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