surname

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːˌneɪm/
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• Received-Pronunciation: sûʹnām'
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• US: /ˈsɝˌneɪm/
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• US: sûrʹnām'
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)neɪm
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• CMU ARPABET: S ER1 N EY2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited 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.

230 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: van — name that indicates family
• Albanian: mbiemër — name that indicates family
• Arabic: لَقَب (laqab) — name that indicates family
• Arabic: كُنْيَة (kunya) — name that indicates family
• Arabic: اِسْم الْعَائِلَة (ism al-ʕāʔila) — name that indicates family
• Arabic: كنوة (kenwa) — name that indicates family
• Arabic: كْنيّة (kniyya) — name that indicates family
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ (kunnāyā) — name that indicates family
• Armenian: ազգանուն (azganun) — name that indicates family
• Asturian: apellíu — name that indicates family
• Azerbaijani: soyad — name that indicates family
• Azerbaijani: familiya — name that indicates family
• Bashkir: фамилия (familiya) — name that indicates family
• Basque: abizen — name that indicates family
• Basque: deitura — name that indicates family
• Belarusian: про́звішча (prózvišča) — name that indicates family
• Belarusian: про́зьвішча (prózʹvišča) — name that indicates family
• Bengali: উপাধি (upadhi) — name that indicates family
• Central Bikol: apelyido — name that indicates family
• Breton: anv — name that indicates family
• Breton: anv-familh — name that indicates family
• Breton: anv-tiegezh — name that indicates family
• Bulgarian: фами́лно и́ме (famílno íme) — name that indicates family
• Bulgarian: фами́лия (famílija) — name that indicates family
• Burmese: ရိုးရာအမည် (rui:raa.many) — name that indicates family
• Carpathian Rusyn: пру́звище (prúzvyšče) — name that indicates family
• Catalan: cognom — name that indicates family
• Catalan: llinatge — name that indicates family
• Chechen: фамили (famili) — name that indicates family
• Chichewa: dzina la bambo — name that indicates family
• Chinese Cantonese: 姓 — name that indicates family
• Chinese Cantonese: 姓氏 — name that indicates family
• Chinese: щин (xin) — name that indicates family
• Eastern Min Chinese: 姓氏 (séng-sê) — name that indicates family
• Hakka Chinese: 姓 (siang) — name that indicates family
• Hakka Chinese: 姓氏 (siang-sṳ) — name that indicates family
• Chinese: 字姓 (zh-min-nan) — name that indicates family
• Chinese Mandarin: 姓 (xìng) — name that indicates family
• Chinese Mandarin: 姓氏 (xìngshì) — name that indicates family
• Wu Chinese: 姓 — name that indicates family
• Wu Chinese: 姓氏 (5shin-zy) — name that indicates family
• Chuvash: хушамат (huš̬amat) — name that indicates family
• Cornish: hanow — name that indicates family
• Czech: příjmení — name that indicates family
• Danish: efternavn — name that indicates family
• Danish: familienavn — name that indicates family
• Danish: slægtsnavn — name that indicates family
• Dutch: achternaam — name that indicates family
• Dutch: familienaam — name that indicates family
• Esperanto: familia nomo — name that indicates family
• Esperanto: familinomo — name that indicates family
• Estonian: perekonnanimi — name that indicates family
• Faroese: eftirnavn — name that indicates family
• Faroese: ættarnavn — name that indicates family
• Finnish: sukunimi — name that indicates family
• French: nom — name that indicates family
• French: patronyme — name that indicates family
• French: nom de famille — name that indicates family
• Galician: apelido — name that indicates family
• Galician: alcuño — name that indicates family
• Georgian: გვარი (gvari) — name that indicates family
• German: Nachname — name that indicates family
• German: Familienname — name that indicates family
• Swabian: Familiename — name that indicates family
• Greek: επώνυμο (epónymo) — name that indicates family
• Greek: επίθετο (epítheto) — name that indicates family
• Ancient Greek: ἐπωνύμιον (epōnúmion) — name that indicates family
• Gujarati: અટક (aṭak) — name that indicates family
• Gujarati: ઉપનામ (upanām) — name that indicates family
• Hebrew: שֵׁם מִשׁפָּחָה (shem mishpakhá) — name that indicates family
• Hindi: कुलनाम (kulnām) — name that indicates family
• Hindi: कुल नाम (kul nām) — name that indicates family
• Hindi: उपनाम (upnām) — name that indicates family
• White Hmong: xeem — name that indicates family
• Hungarian: vezetéknév — name that indicates family
• Hungarian: családnév — name that indicates family
• Icelandic: eftirnafn — name that indicates family
• Icelandic: kenninafn — name that indicates family
• Icelandic: ættarnafn — name that indicates family
• Ido: surnomo — name that indicates family
• Indonesian: marga — name that indicates family
• Indonesian: nama keluarga — name that indicates family
• Ingrian: sukunimi — name that indicates family
• Ingrian: familia — name that indicates family
• Interlingua: supernomine — name that indicates family
• Interlingua: nomine de familia — name that indicates family
• Interlingua: ultime nomine — name that indicates family
• Irish: sloinne — name that indicates family
• Italian: cognome — name that indicates family
• Japanese: 姓 (sei) — name that indicates family
• Japanese: 名字 (myōji) — name that indicates family
• Japanese: 苗字 (myōji) — name that indicates family
• Javanese: jeneng pancer — name that indicates family
• Kannada: ಉಪನಾಮ (upanāma) — name that indicates family
• Kashmiri: کرٛام (krām) — name that indicates family
• Kashubian: nôzwëskò — name that indicates family
• Kazakh: тегі (tegı) — name that indicates family
• Kazakh: ата-тек (ata-tek) — name that indicates family
• Kazakh: фамилия (familiä) — name that indicates family
• Kazakh: әулетесім (äuletesım) — name that indicates family
• Khmer: នាមត្រកូល (niəm trɑɑkoul) — name that indicates family
• Korean: 성 (seong) — name that indicates family
• Korean: 성씨 (seongssi) — name that indicates family
• Northern Kurdish: paşnav — name that indicates family
• Northern Kurdish: leqeb — name that indicates family
• Kyrgyz: фамилия (familiya) — name that indicates family
• Kyrgyz: атанаама (atanaama) — name that indicates family
• Kyrgyz: теги (tegi) — name that indicates family
• Kyrgyz: уругат (urugat) — name that indicates family
• Ladino: alkunya — name that indicates family
• Lao: ຊື່ສະກຸນ (sư̄ sa kun) — name that indicates family
• Lao: ນາມສະກຸນ (nām sa kun) — name that indicates family
• Lao: ວົງວານ (wong wān) — name that indicates family
• Lao: ວົງສະກຸນ (wong sa kun) — name that indicates family
• Latin: cōgnōmen — name that indicates family
• Latvian: uzvārds — name that indicates family
• Lithuanian: pavardė — name that indicates family
• Luxembourgish: Familljennumm — name that indicates family
• Macedonian: презиме (prezime) — name that indicates family
• Macedonian: пре́зиме (prézime) — name that indicates family
• Malay: nama keluarga — name that indicates family
• Malayalam: കുലനാമം (kulanāmaṁ) — name that indicates family
• Maltese: kunjom — name that indicates family
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᠯᠠ (hala) — name that indicates family
• Manx: sliennoo — name that indicates family
• Māori: ingoa whānau — name that indicates family
• Marathi: आडनाव (āḍnāv) — name that indicates family
• Eastern Mari: фамилий (famiĺij) — name that indicates family
• Eastern Mari: ешлӱм (ješlüm) — name that indicates family
• Middle English: surname — name that indicates family
• Middle English: surnoun — name that indicates family
• Middle English: toname — name that indicates family
• Mongolian: овог нэр (ovog ner) — name that indicates family
• Mongolian: овог (ovog) — name that indicates family
• Mongolian: ᠣᠪᠤᠭ ᠨᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ (obuɣ ner-e) — name that indicates family
• Mongolian: ᠣᠪᠤᠭ (obuɣ) — name that indicates family
• Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: tzonquīzcā — name that indicates family
• Nepali: थर (thar) — name that indicates family
• Norwegian Bokmål: navn — name that indicates family
• Norwegian Bokmål: etternavn — name that indicates family
• Norwegian Bokmål: familienavn — name that indicates family
• Norwegian Bokmål: slektsnavn — name that indicates family
• Norwegian Nynorsk: namn — name that indicates family
• Norwegian Nynorsk: etternamn — name that indicates family
• Norwegian Nynorsk: familienamn — name that indicates family
• Norwegian Nynorsk: slektsnamn — name that indicates family
• Occitan: nom d'ostal — name that indicates family
• Occitan: nom de familha — name that indicates family
• Odia: ଉପନାମ (upanāma) — name that indicates family
• Old English: tōnama — name that indicates family
• Ossetian: мыггаг (myggag) — name that indicates family
• Pannonian Rusyn: презвиско (prezvisko) — name that indicates family
• Pashto: لقب (laqab) — name that indicates family
• Pashto: کورنی نوم (koranay num) — name that indicates family
• Pashto: تخلص (taxalos) — name that indicates family
• Iranian Persian: نامِ خانِوَادِگی (nâm-e xânevâdegi) — name that indicates family
• Iranian Persian: اِسْمِ فامیل (esm-e fâmil) — name that indicates family
• Iranian Persian: لَقَب (laġab) — name that indicates family
• Polish: nazwisko — name that indicates family
• Portuguese: sobrenome — name that indicates family
• Portuguese: nome de família — name that indicates family
• Portuguese: último nome — name that indicates family
• Punjabi: ਉਪਨਾਮ (upanām) — name that indicates family
• Romanian: nume de familie — name that indicates family
• Romanian: patronim — name that indicates family
• Romanian: nume patronimic — name that indicates family
• Romanian: nume — name that indicates family
• Russian: фами́лия (famílija) — name that indicates family
• Northern Sami: sohkanamma — name that indicates family
• Northern Sami: namma — name that indicates family
• Northern Sami: goargu — name that indicates family
• Skolt-Sami: famiʹljnõmm — name that indicates family
• Scottish Gaelic: sloinneadh — name that indicates family
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐзиме — name that indicates family
• Serbo-Croatian: prèzime — name that indicates family
• Sicilian: cugnomu — name that indicates family
• Sinhalese: වාසගම (wāsagama) — name that indicates family
• Slovak: priezvisko — name that indicates family
• Slovene: priimek — name that indicates family
• Upper Sorbian: swójbne mjeno — name that indicates family
• Sotho: fane — name that indicates family
• Sotho: difane — name that indicates family
• Southern Altai: мамиле (mamile) — name that indicates family
• Spanish: apellido — name that indicates family
• Spanish: cognombre — name that indicates family
• Spanish: apelativo — name that indicates family
• Swahili: jina la ukoo — name that indicates family
• Swedish: efternamn — name that indicates family
• Swedish: familjenamn — name that indicates family
• Tagalog: apelyido — name that indicates family
• Tajik: фамилия (familiya) — name that indicates family
• Tajik: номи хонаводагӣ (nom-i xonavodagi) — name that indicates family
• Tajik: насаб (nasab) — name that indicates family
• Tamil: குடும்பப்பெயர் (kuṭumpappeyar) — name that indicates family
• Tatar: фамилия (familiyä) — name that indicates family
• Telugu: ఇంటిపేరు (iṇṭipēru) — name that indicates family
• Thai: นามสกุล (naam-sà-gun) — name that indicates family
• Thai: แซ่ (sɛ̂ɛ) — name that indicates family
• Turkish: soyadı — name that indicates family
• Turkish: soyad — name that indicates family
• Turkish: soyisim — name that indicates family
• Ottoman Turkish: لقب (lakab) — name that indicates family
• Turkmen: familiýa — name that indicates family
• Ukrainian: прі́звище (prízvyšče) — name that indicates family
• Urdu: خانْدانی نام (xāndānī nām) — name that indicates family
• Urdu: کُل نام (kul nām) — name that indicates family
• Urdu: اُپ نام (up nām) — name that indicates family
• Urdu: لَقَب (laqab) — name that indicates family
• Uyghur: فامىلە (famile) — name that indicates family
• Uzbek: familiya — name that indicates family
• Uzbek: laqab — name that indicates family
• Vietnamese: họ — name that indicates family
• Vietnamese: tên họ — name that indicates family
• Volapük: famülanem — name that indicates family
• Walloon: no d' famile — name that indicates family
• Welsh: cyfenw — name that indicates family
• Xhosa: ifani — name that indicates family
• Yakut: араспаанньа (araspaanňa) — name that indicates family
• Yiddish: משפּחה־נאָמען (mishpokhe-nomen) — name that indicates family
• Zulu: isibongo — name that indicates family
• Esperanto: doni familinomon — to give a surname
• Finnish: antaa sukunimi — to give a surname
• French: surnommer — to give a surname
• French: donner un surnom — to give a surname
• Polish: nadawać nazwisko — to give a surname
• Polish: nadać nazwisko — to give a surname
• Spanish: apodar — to give a surname
• Finnish: kutsua sukunimellä — to call by a surname
• Polish: mówić po nazwisku — to call by a surname
• Spanish: apodo — to call by a surname