Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

byname

/ˈbaɪˌneɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: by-name
IPA: /ˈbaɪˌneɪm/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any secondary name, particularly

noun

Any secondary name, particularly

noun

Any secondary name, particularly

British usage

noun

Any secondary name, particularly

Archaic

noun

Any secondary name, particularly

Archaic

noun

Any secondary name, particularly

Archaic

verb

To assign a byname to.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Lions-heart, is... the by-name of K. Richard."
"The term surname originally denoted an additional name—that is, one used in addition to an individual’s given name, with no implication that it was hereditary. Across medieval Europe a surname was at first often no more than a byname, an ad-hoc sobriquet that was descriptively true of the individual to whom it was given."
"Some of these by-names... remained many years after to them, and theirs; amongst which Plantagenist was entailed on the Royal bloud of England."
"Eutropius... gives him the additional name of Crinitus, perhaps a by-name of his family."

Etymology

From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbaɪˌneɪm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bynames (plural) by-name (alternative) bye-name (alternative) bynames (present, singular) bynaming (participle, present) bynamed (participle, past) bynamed (past)

Synonyms

to-name epithet pseudonym nickname surname cognomen moniker sobriquet soubriquet

Questions

How do you pronounce byname?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaɪˌneɪm/.
What does byname mean?: Any secondary name, particularly
Where does byname come from?: From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.

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