COGNOMEN (cognomina)

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cognomen mean? 

• COGNOMEN (noun)
  The noun COGNOMEN has 2 senses:

1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
2. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

  Familiarity information: COGNOMEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COGNOMEN (noun)

Meaning:

A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

sobriquet; nickname; moniker; cognomen; byname; soubriquet

Context examples:

Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph / Henry's nickname was Slim

Hypernyms ("cognomen" is a kind of...):

appellation; appellative; denomination; designation (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)

Meaning:

The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

family name; last name; surname; cognomen

Hypernyms ("cognomen" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cognomen"):

maiden name (a woman's surname before marriage)