surname
The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator…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).
Meaning
4 sensesThe 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).
James is my first name, and Smith is my surname.
Nachname, Familienname
фами́лияfamílija
прі́звищеprízvyšče
the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
(Classical studies)The cognomen of Roman names.
(obsolete)Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement.
(obsolete)Synonym of nickname, an additional name given to a person, place, or thing, a byname.
Examples
83 sentencesSpaniards have two surnames.
У іспанців є два прізвища. — Ahha
ruУ испанцев две фамилии. — marafon
deSpanier haben zwei Nachnamen. — MUIRIEL
How is your surname written?
Як пишеться твоє прізвище? — deniko
ruКак пишется ваша фамилия? — saiko
deWie schreibt sich Ihr Nachname? — Fingerhut
How do you spell your surname?
Як пишеться твоє прізвище? — deniko
deWie wird Ihr Familienname geschrieben? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom didn't tell us his surname.
Том не сказав нам своє прізвище. — deniko
His surname is a tongue-twister.
У нього прізвище - язик зламаєш. — deniko
deSein Nachname ist ein Zungenbrecher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English surname, a partial calque of Old French surnum, surnoun (“suInherited 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.
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Forms
plural: surnamesSynonyms
8 synonyms- the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name):family namecognomenlast name