efternamn — meaning in English

English meaning

• byname noun Any secondary name, particularly
• surname noun A person's family name, usually shared with relatives and passed down through generations.

Senses

efternamn 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 Any secondary name, particularly
2. noun Synonym of epithet, a descriptive and distinguishing additional name.
3. noun A formal epithet for a god or goddess, used in rituals in Heathenry.
4. noun Synonym of pseudonym, a second name used to disguise authorship etc.

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