Definitions
the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cognomen”7 letters
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