the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member''s given name) पर्याय: surname, family name, last name,
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" पर्याय: nickname, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname,