'Surnaming' definitions:
Definition of 'Surnaming'
From: GCIDE
- Surname \Sur*name"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surnamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Surnaming.] [Cf. F. surnommer.] To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to. [1913 Webster]
- Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. --Isa. xliv. 5. [1913 Webster]
- And Simon he surnamed Peter. --Mark iii. 16. [1913 Webster]