SURNAME
ADJECTIVES
► MINIMUS in some British schools, appended to a surname to designate the youngest (in age or standing) of three or four boys having the same surname; e.g. J. Smith minimus → 1791
NOUNS
► AFTERNAME a surname → 1815 Sc.
► AGNOMINATION the giving of a byname or surname; a byname; a surname → 1590 obs.
► BACK-NAME a surname → 1895 Eng. dial.
► COGNOMINATION a surname; the name of a family → 1646
► SIRENAME a family name; a surname originating from the given name of the father → 1542
► TRIMMINGS a surname → 1968 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► ADDITION to add something to the name of anyone; to surname → 1662 obs.