aftername
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A designation which comes after a name, similar to, yet not necessarily equivalent to one's last name
Example Sentences
- "'Oh, Lord kens that; we dinna mind folk's afternames muckle here, they run sae muckle into clans.'"
- "Not only did the saints have all these afternames but the heroes and ancestors had twice as many of an identical pattern. And soon I observed that the first names were composed of the same elements as the afternames."
- "In England, in the Middle Ages, an individual sometimes used alternative afternames, that of his place of residence, his trade, or that of his master instead of that of his father."
- "'Now is Dog the first name you have or the aftername?'"
- "At this point in his narrative Snorri ties up his tale of Harald's aftername."
Etymology
From after- + name.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: after