surnames
Meaning of surnames
plural noun
- a hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a forename or given name.
he changed his surname from Kaye to Kasmin
- give a surname to.
Eddie Penham, so aptly surnamed, had produced a hand-painted sign for us
Middle English: partial translation of Anglo-Norman French surnoun, suggested by medieval Latin supernomen .
Information about surnames
- The singular form of surnames is: surname.
- Languages in which surnames is used:
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Hyphenation of surnames
sur-names
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- surnames is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
surnames synonyms
Meaning a name derived from the name of a father or ancestor, e.g. Johnson, O'Brien, Ivanovich:
Words that rhyme with surnames
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