Definitions for "Cognomen"
The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"
the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
Keywords:
surname
A surname.