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Cognomen

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
bynamemonikernicknamesobriquetsoubriquetsurname
plural
Cognomens
possessive
Cognomen's
pluralpossessive
Cognomens'