Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
sirname. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
sirname, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
sirname in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
sirname you have here. The definition of the word
sirname will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
sirname, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
Possibly influenced by erroneous analysis as sire-name (per Brewer's 1877 Errors of Speech and of Spelling).
Noun
sirname (plural sirnames)
- Archaic spelling of surname.
1806, Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3):Fair Helen's sirname, therefore, depends upon the period at which she lived, which it is now impossible to ascertain.
1833, Charles K. Dillaway, Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology:These names were not always used; commonly two, and sometimes only the sirname.
1902, William Younger Fletcher, English Book Collectors:They were in two trunks (made exactly fit for them) that had the first letters of my christian and sirname decyphered upon them with nails; and on the first page of every book was my ordinary motto and name written at length in my own hand.
Verb
sirname (third-person singular simple present sirnames, present participle sirnaming, simple past and past participle sirnamed)
- Archaic spelling of surname.
Anagrams
- Amrines, Erisman, Mainers, Mariens, Marines, Merinas, Minears, Reimans, Reisman, Riemans, mainers, maresin, marines, remains, seminar