sukunimi — meaning in English

English meaning

• byname noun Another name used alongside a person's main name.
• surname noun A person's family name, usually shared with relatives and passed down through generations.

Senses

sukunimi is used for these senses in English:

• byname (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
• surname 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).

byname — full definition

1. noun Another name used alongside a person's main name.
2. noun A descriptive extra name added to someone's own name.
3. noun In the Heathen religion, a special title given to a god or goddess and used during rituals.
4. noun A false name used to hide who really wrote or did something.

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