💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Folk name"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| family namenoun | Synonym of surname: a name designating a person as a member of a family. |
| household namenoun | A brand name that is well known to the great majority of households. |
| cognomennoun | (historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans. |
| folknoun | (collective plural) People, persons. |
| bynamenoun | (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname. |
| ancestral namenoun | A surname, particularly used in contexts where other surnames (such as patronymics or clan names) need to be distinguished |
| surnamenoun | The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s). |
| friendnoun | A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. |
| brand namenoun | A trade name. |
| forenamenoun | A name that precedes the surname. |
| agnamenoun | An appellation over and above the given name and surname. |
| toponymnoun | A placename. |
| commonnoun | Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual. |
| tee-namenoun | (chiefly Scotland) Alternative form of to-name. [A name added to another name; surname.] |
| selfnamenoun | A proper name; a name for one's own self, as opposed to one's family; one's real name. |
| afternamenoun | A designation which comes after a name, similar to, yet not necessarily equivalent to one's last name |
| occupational namenoun | (linguistics, onomastics) A name, especially a surname — such as Smith or Taylor — that is derived from an occupation, presumably that of a distant ancestor. |
| namenoun | Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. |
| odonymnoun | An identifying name given to a street; a street name. |
| anthroponymnoun | The name of a person, especially a surname. |
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