Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

last name en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Synonym of surname, a person's family name.
  2. The last element of a full name, particularly when it could also be given name in East Asian and other cultural traditions.
    • In a structure typical for East Asia cultures, last names are usually used as given names. It usually differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common family name

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
last names Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

last-name · last-nameless

Synonyms

surname