occupational name

English

Noun

occupational name (plural occupational names)

1. (linguistics, onomastics) A name, especially a surname — such as Smith or Taylor — that is derived from an occupation, presumably that of a distant ancestor.

   Synonym: occupational surname

Translations

surname derived from occupation

• Finnish: ammattinimi

See also

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