Obs. Forms: 4 sournoun, 4–5 surnoun(e, 5 sewrnown, surnon. [a. AF. surnoun = OF. sornom, f. sur- SUR- + nom name, after med.L. supernōmen, suprānōmen (cf. late L. supernōmināre to surname): cf. Pr. sobrenom, It. soprannome, Sp. sobrenombre, Pg. sobrenome.] = SURNAME sb. 1, 1 b, 2.
c. 1325. Chron. Eng., 932, in Ritson, Metr. Rom., II. 311. Richard queor de lyoun, That was his sournoun.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, XVII. 152. Of Keth, and of Gawlistoune He hecht, throu differens of sur-noune.
c. 1450. Lovelich, Merlin, 10208. Whanne thus amended was þat town, thanne wolde he ȝeven hit a Sewrnown, and after Logryvs Logres cald hit he.
1457. Harding, Chron., i. in Eng. Hist. Rev., Oct. (1912), 741. Of kynge Edward with longshankes by surnoun.
1472–3. Rolls of Parlt., VI. 37/2. As if they were named by name of Baptisme, surnon and addition.
