occupational surname
English
Noun
occupational surname (plural occupational surnames)
- (linguistics, onomastics) a name, especially a surname such as Smith or Taylor, that is derived from an occupation - presumably the occupation of a distant ancestor
- Synonym: occupational name
Translations
surname derived from occupation
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See also
- toponymic surname
- patronymic
- matronymic
- cognominal
- acquired surname
- ornamental surname
- double-barrelled name
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