to-name

[ too-neym ]

nounChiefly Scot.
  1. a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.

  2. a surname.

Origin of to-name

1
before 950; Middle English; Old English tōnama.See to, name

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British Dictionary definitions for to-name

to-name

noun
  1. Scot a nickname used to distinguish one person from others of the same name

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