Nachname — meaning in English

English meaning

• cognomen noun A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
• surname noun A person's family name, usually shared with relatives and passed down through generations.

Senses

Nachname is used for these senses in English:

• cognomen (historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
• 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).

cognomen — full definition

1. noun A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
2. noun Synonym of nickname, any epithet used similar to the Roman cognomina.
3. noun Synonym of surname, a family name.

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