Surname

//ˈsɜːˌneɪm//

Synonyms for "surname" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
epithet

Related words (5)

Noun(2 words)
nicknameto-name

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10 relation types

More general

2 entries

More specific

9 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

4 entries

coordinate

6 entries

derived

3 entries

has context

2 entries

holonym

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

37 entries

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Translations

227 translations across 130 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • van noun (name that indicates family)

Albanian

1 entries
  • mbiemër noun (name that indicates family)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐπωνύμιον noun (name that indicates family)

Arabic

4 entries
  • اِسْم الْعَائِلَة noun (name that indicates family)
  • كنوة noun (name that indicates family)
  • كُنْيَة noun (name that indicates family)
  • كْنيّة noun (name that indicates family)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ազգանուն noun (name that indicates family)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܟܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ noun (name that indicates family)

Asturian

1 entries
  • apellíu noun (name that indicates family)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • familiya noun (name that indicates family)
  • soyad noun (name that indicates family)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • фамилия noun (name that indicates family)

Basque

2 entries
  • abizen noun (name that indicates family)
  • deitura noun (name that indicates family)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • про́звішча noun (name that indicates family)
  • про́зьвішча noun (name that indicates family)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উপাধি noun (name that indicates family)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • apelyido noun (name that indicates family)

Breton

3 entries
  • anv noun (name that indicates family)
  • anv-familh noun (name that indicates family)
  • anv-tiegezh noun (name that indicates family)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • фами́лия noun (name that indicates family)
  • фами́лно и́ме noun (name that indicates family)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရိုးရာအမည် noun (name that indicates family)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • пру́звище noun (name that indicates family)

Catalan

2 entries
  • cognom noun (name that indicates family)
  • llinatge noun (name that indicates family)

Chechen

1 entries
  • фамили noun (name that indicates family)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • dzina la bambo noun (name that indicates family)

Chinese

2 entries
  • щин noun (name that indicates family)
  • 字姓 noun (name that indicates family)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
  • 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
  • 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • хушамат noun (name that indicates family)

Cornish

1 entries
  • hanow noun (name that indicates family)

Czech

1 entries
  • příjmení noun (name that indicates family)

Danish

3 entries
  • efternavn noun (name that indicates family)
  • familienavn noun (name that indicates family)
  • slægtsnavn noun (name that indicates family)

Dutch

2 entries
  • achternaam noun (name that indicates family)
  • familienaam noun (name that indicates family)

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

1 entries
  • tzonquīzcā noun (name that indicates family)

Eastern Mari

2 entries
  • ешлӱм noun (name that indicates family)
  • фамилий noun (name that indicates family)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • familia nomo noun (name that indicates family)
  • familinomo noun (name that indicates family)
  • doni familinomon verb (to give a surname)

Estonian

1 entries
  • perekonnanimi noun (name that indicates family)

Faroese

2 entries
  • eftirnavn noun (name that indicates family)
  • ættarnavn noun (name that indicates family)

Finnish

3 entries
  • sukunimi noun (name that indicates family)
  • antaa sukunimi verb (to give a surname)
  • kutsua sukunimellä verb (to call by a surname)

French

4 entries
  • nom noun (name that indicates family)
  • nom de famille noun (name that indicates family)
  • patronyme noun (name that indicates family)
  • donner un surnom verb (to give a surname)

Galician

2 entries
  • alcuño noun (name that indicates family)
  • apelido noun (name that indicates family)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გვარი noun (name that indicates family)

German

2 entries
  • Familienname noun (name that indicates family)
  • Nachname noun (name that indicates family)

Greek

1 entries
  • επώνυμο noun (name that indicates family)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • અટક noun (name that indicates family)
  • ઉપનામ noun (name that indicates family)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries
  • 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
  • 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שֵׁם מִשׁפָּחָה noun (name that indicates family)

Hindi

3 entries
  • उपनाम noun (name that indicates family)
  • कुल नाम noun (name that indicates family)
  • कुलनाम noun (name that indicates family)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • családnév noun (name that indicates family)
  • vezetéknév noun (name that indicates family)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • eftirnafn noun (name that indicates family)
  • kenninafn noun (name that indicates family)
  • ættarnafn noun (name that indicates family)

Ido

1 entries
  • surnomo noun (name that indicates family)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • marga noun (name that indicates family)
  • nama keluarga noun (name that indicates family)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • familia noun (name that indicates family)
  • sukunimi noun (name that indicates family)

Interlingua

3 entries
  • nomine de familia noun (name that indicates family)
  • supernomine noun (name that indicates family)
  • ultime nomine noun (name that indicates family)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • اِسْمِ فامیل noun (name that indicates family)
  • لَقَب noun (name that indicates family)
  • نامِ خانِوَادِگی noun (name that indicates family)

Irish

1 entries
  • sloinne noun (name that indicates family)

Italian

1 entries
  • cognome noun (name that indicates family)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 名字 noun (name that indicates family)
  • 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
  • 苗字 noun (name that indicates family)

Javanese

1 entries
  • jeneng pancer noun (name that indicates family)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಉಪನಾಮ noun (name that indicates family)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • کرٛام noun (name that indicates family)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • nôzwëskò noun (name that indicates family)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • ата-тек noun (name that indicates family)
  • тегі noun (name that indicates family)
  • фамилия noun (name that indicates family)
  • әулетесім noun (name that indicates family)

Khmer

1 entries
  • នាមត្រកូល noun (name that indicates family)

Korean

2 entries
  • 성 noun (name that indicates family)
  • 성씨 noun (name that indicates family)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • атанаама noun (name that indicates family)
  • теги noun (name that indicates family)
  • уругат noun (name that indicates family)
  • фамилия noun (name that indicates family)

Ladino

1 entries
  • alkunya noun (name that indicates family)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຊື່ສະກຸນ noun (name that indicates family)
  • ນາມສະກຸນ noun (name that indicates family)
  • ວົງວານ noun (name that indicates family)
  • ວົງສະກຸນ noun (name that indicates family)

Latin

1 entries
  • cōgnōmen noun (name that indicates family)

Latvian

1 entries
  • uzvārds noun (name that indicates family)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • pavardė noun (name that indicates family)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Familljennumm noun (name that indicates family)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • презиме noun (name that indicates family)

Malay

1 entries
  • nama keluarga noun (name that indicates family)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കുലനാമം noun (name that indicates family)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kunjom noun (name that indicates family)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡥᠠᠯᠠ noun (name that indicates family)

Manx

1 entries
  • sliennoo noun (name that indicates family)

Marathi

1 entries
  • आडनाव noun (name that indicates family)

Middle English

3 entries
  • surname noun (name that indicates family)
  • surnoun noun (name that indicates family)
  • toname noun (name that indicates family)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • овог noun (name that indicates family)
  • овог нэр noun (name that indicates family)
  • ᠣᠪᠤᠭ noun (name that indicates family)
  • ᠣᠪᠤᠭ ᠨᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ noun (name that indicates family)

Māori

1 entries
  • ingoa whānau noun (name that indicates family)

Nepali

1 entries
  • थर noun (name that indicates family)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • leqeb noun (name that indicates family)
  • paşnav noun (name that indicates family)

Northern Sami

3 entries
  • goargu noun (name that indicates family)
  • namma noun (name that indicates family)
  • sohkanamma noun (name that indicates family)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • etternavn noun (name that indicates family)
  • familienavn noun (name that indicates family)
  • navn noun (name that indicates family)
  • slektsnavn noun (name that indicates family)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • etternamn noun (name that indicates family)
  • familienamn noun (name that indicates family)
  • namn noun (name that indicates family)
  • slektsnamn noun (name that indicates family)

Occitan

2 entries
  • nom d'ostal noun (name that indicates family)
  • nom de familha noun (name that indicates family)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଉପନାମ noun (name that indicates family)

Old English

1 entries
  • tōnama noun (name that indicates family)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • мыггаг noun (name that indicates family)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • لقب noun (name that indicates family)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • презвиско noun (name that indicates family)

Pashto

3 entries
  • تخلص noun (name that indicates family)
  • لقب noun (name that indicates family)
  • کورنی نوم noun (name that indicates family)

Polish

4 entries
  • nazwisko noun (name that indicates family)
  • mówić po nazwisku verb (to call by a surname)
  • nadawać nazwisko verb (to give a surname)
  • nadać nazwisko verb (to give a surname)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • nome de família noun (name that indicates family)
  • sobrenome noun (name that indicates family)
  • último nome noun (name that indicates family)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਉਪਨਾਮ noun (name that indicates family)

Romanian

4 entries
  • nume noun (name that indicates family)
  • nume de familie noun (name that indicates family)
  • nume patronimic noun (name that indicates family)
  • patronim noun (name that indicates family)

Russian

1 entries
  • фами́лия noun (name that indicates family)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sloinneadh noun (name that indicates family)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • prèzime noun (name that indicates family)
  • прѐзиме noun (name that indicates family)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • cugnomu noun (name that indicates family)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • වාසගම noun (name that indicates family)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • famiʹljnõmm noun (name that indicates family)

Slovak

1 entries
  • priezvisko noun (name that indicates family)

Slovene

1 entries
  • priimek noun (name that indicates family)

Sotho

2 entries
  • difane noun (name that indicates family)
  • fane noun (name that indicates family)

Spanish

4 entries
  • apelativo noun (name that indicates family)
  • apellido noun (name that indicates family)
  • cognombre noun (name that indicates family)
  • apodar verb (to give a surname)

Swabian

1 entries
  • Familiename noun (name that indicates family)

Swahili

1 entries
  • jina la ukoo noun (name that indicates family)

Swedish

2 entries
  • efternamn noun (name that indicates family)
  • familjenamn noun (name that indicates family)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • apelyido noun (name that indicates family)

Tajik

3 entries
  • насаб noun (name that indicates family)
  • номи хонаводагӣ noun (name that indicates family)
  • фамилия noun (name that indicates family)

Tamil

1 entries
  • குடும்பப்பெயர் noun (name that indicates family)

Tatar

1 entries
  • фамилия noun (name that indicates family)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఇంటిపేరు noun (name that indicates family)

Thai

2 entries
  • นามสกุล noun (name that indicates family)
  • แซ่ noun (name that indicates family)

Turkish

3 entries
  • soyad noun (name that indicates family)
  • soyadı noun (name that indicates family)
  • soyisim noun (name that indicates family)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • familiýa noun (name that indicates family)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • прі́звище noun (name that indicates family)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • swójbne mjeno noun (name that indicates family)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اُپ نام noun (name that indicates family)
  • خانْدانی نام noun (name that indicates family)
  • لَقَب noun (name that indicates family)
  • کُل نام noun (name that indicates family)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • فامىلە noun (name that indicates family)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • familiya noun (name that indicates family)
  • laqab noun (name that indicates family)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • họ noun (name that indicates family)
  • tên họ noun (name that indicates family)

Volapük

1 entries
  • famülanem noun (name that indicates family)

Walloon

1 entries
  • no d' famile noun (name that indicates family)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cyfenw noun (name that indicates family)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • xeem noun (name that indicates family)

Wu Chinese

2 entries
  • 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
  • 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • ifani noun (name that indicates family)

Yakut

1 entries
  • араспаанньа noun (name that indicates family)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • משפּחה־נאָמען noun (name that indicates family)

Zulu

1 entries
  • isibongo noun (name that indicates family)

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