occupational surname

English

Noun

occupational surname (plural occupational surnames)

1. (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

• Finnish: ammattinimi

See also

• toponymic surname
• patronymic
• matronymic
• cognominal
• acquired surname
• ornamental surname
• double-barrelled name