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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Surname

/sûrʹnām'/ · Sur·name · IPA /ˈsɝˌneɪm/
01 n. A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.
  1. 1.
    A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.
  2. 2.
    An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen.
02 v. t. To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
imp. & p. p. Surnamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Surnaming
  1. 1.
    To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
    “Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.” — Isa. xliv. 5.
    “And Simon he surnamed Peter.” — Mark iii. 16.