# surnamed

Pronunciation: say "SUR-naymd" US /ˈsɝˌneɪmd/, UK /ˈsɜːˌneɪmd/

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of surname. — simple past and past participle of surname
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of surname. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _A 45-year-old woman surnamed Chen was taken to the hospital after the crash._
   - _The settlers surnamed the orphan after the river where they had found him._

## Adjective

2. Having or carrying a surname.
   - Simple: Having a last name, the family name you share with your relatives.
   - _As the last surnamed heir, he felt the weight of carrying the family name forward._
   - _The census lists surnamed households separately from those recorded under a single given name._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/surnamed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).