Surname
Surname , noun
[Prefix sur + name; really a substitution for Old English sournoun, from French surnom. See Sur-, and Noun, Name.]
1.
A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.
Surnames originally designated occupation, estate, place of residence, or some particular thing or event that related to the person; thus, Edmund Ironsides; Robert Smith, or the smith; William Turner. Surnames are often also patronymics; as, John Johnson.
2.
An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen.
My surname, Coriolanus.
This word has been sometimes written sirname, as if it signified sire-name, or the name derived from one's father.
Surname , transitive verb
[Compare French surnommer.]
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.
And Simon he surnamed Peter.