cognomen
cog·no·men/kɒɡˈnoʊ.mən/noun
cognomen is spelled C-O-G-N-O-M-E-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables (cog·no·men). It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cognomen means “A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cognomen is cognomens or cognomina.
How many letters and syllables are in cognomen?
| Letters | 8: C-O-G-N-O-M-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cog·no·men |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cognomen?
Cognomen appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cognomen?
- US /kɒɡˈnoʊ.mən/
Cognomen has 3 syllables, split cog·no·men in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-cognomen.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cognomen?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cognomen from its last stressed vowel (/oʊmən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cognomen
- cognomens plural
- cognomina plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cognomen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
Julius Caesar's actual name was Gaius Iulius Caesar. Gaius was his praenomen or forename, Iulius his nomen or surname, and Caesar his cognomen, denoting which part of the Iulius family he belonged to.
- 2
Synonym of nickname, any epithet used similar to the Roman cognomina.
- 3
Synonym of surname, a family name.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cognomen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cognom, cognomen |
| German | Cognomen, Kognomen , Nachname |
| Portuguese | cognome |
| Spanish | cognombre, cognomen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cognomen come from?
From Latin cognōmen, from con- (“with”) + nōmen (“name; family name”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).