cognomen

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Cognomen, kog-nō′men, n. a surname: a nickname: a name: the last of the three names of an individual among the Romans, indicating the house or family to which he belonged.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

My Appellation, or pro Nomen, as the Latins term it, is call'd Jeremie; but my Cognomen, in our Mother Tongue, is call'd Sancho.

From The Stolen Heiress or, The Salamanca Doctor Outplotted by Centlivre, Susanna

The Nomen was indicative of the branch of the family distinguished by the Cognomen; while the Prenomen was invented to distinguish one from the rest.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac