to-name

== English == === Alternative forms === tee-name, toname, tuename (erroneous), towname (erroneous) === Etymology === From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to- +‎ name. Cognate with West Frisian tanamme, Dutch toenaam, Middle Low German toname, German Zuname, Danish tilnavn, Swedish tillnamn. === Noun === to-name (plural to-names) A name added to another name; surname. A name in addition to the forename and surname of an individual. ==== Usage notes ==== Used to distinguish an individual from others of the same name and usually indicating descent, place of residence, or some personal quality or attribute. Such to-names are often employed where the same families continually intermarry, and where consequently the same name is common to many individuals. ==== Synonyms ==== byname === Anagrams === Eatmon, Manteo, mean to, nemato-, omenta