Sentence examples for was surnamed from inspiring English sources
noun
An additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement; an epithet.
He was the son and successor of Darius II and was surnamed (in Greek) Mnemon, meaning "the mindful".
Jalāl al-Dīn, who hailed from Balkh (in present-day Afghanistan) and settled in Konya (in present-day Turkey), the capital of the Rūm, or Anatolian Seljuqs (and hence was surnamed "Rūmī"), was also the author of love lyrics whose beauty surpasses even that of the tales in the Mas̄navī.
6 After a little he married his niece Agrippina, the mother of Domitius, who was surnamed Nero.
In 1848 another Sicilian revolution of independence occurred, which was put down by Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, who was surnamed Re Bomba after his 5-day bombardment of Messina.
The people here are surnamed Jiang.
Next important part of your tree is surname.
Party and State are surnames with ancient origins (long before the Communist Party was founded Dang meant simply a faction).
But they are surnames in a sport where Ronnie reigns in the public's consciousness.
Similarly, this examination was performed for the most common 10 surnames from the general electoral roll of 2006 (all of these were surnames of European origin).
There are surname dictionaries in libraries and on the Internet as well.
Voiced by Harry Shearer, the model train enthusiast is inappropriately surnamed.
