Occupational surnames
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Occupational surnames are family names originally derived from the jobs or professions of the people who first bore them, such as Smith, Baker, or Miller.
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic phenomenon
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onomastic category ⓘ surname category ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
nicknames as surnames
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patronymic surnames ⓘ toponymic surnames ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
may lose transparent occupational meaning over time
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often originated in medieval Europe ⓘ typically describe the trade or profession of an ancestor ⓘ |
| hasDefinition | family names originally derived from the jobs or professions of the people who first bore them ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalSource | common nouns denoting professions ⓘ |
| hasExample |
Archer
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Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Barber NERFINISHED ⓘ Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ Boulanger NERFINISHED ⓘ Butcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ Cartwright NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Cook ⓘ Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferrari NERFINISHED ⓘ Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ Goldsmith ⓘ Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ Kellogg NERFINISHED ⓘ Kovács NERFINISHED ⓘ Kowalski NERFINISHED ⓘ Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ Page NERFINISHED ⓘ Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ Saddler NERFINISHED ⓘ Sawyer ⓘ Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ Shepherd ⓘ Shoemaker ⓘ Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction | identify family lineages by ancestral occupation ⓘ |
| hasOriginPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSemanticType | profession name ⓘ |
| influences | perceptions of social status in some cultures ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
genealogy
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onomastics ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
descriptive surnames
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family names ⓘ hereditary names ⓘ lexicalized professions ⓘ surnames ⓘ |
| usedIn |
English naming traditions
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French naming traditions ⓘ German naming traditions ⓘ Italian naming traditions ⓘ Slavic naming traditions ⓘ many other language communities ⓘ |
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