unsurnamed
Without family name
Unsurnamed means lacking a surname or family name.
The word appears in historical and literary contexts where individuals are identified only by a given name: The unsurnamed peasants of medieval records remain difficult to trace.
It can also describe someone whose surname is unknown or unrecorded.
Not yet recognized
- unknownNot yet discovered
- incognitoWith identity concealed
- facelessLacking identity or features
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
unrecognized · undistinguished · unlabeled · unclaimed · anonymous · undesignated · unregistered · undocumented
Child whose parents died
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- foundlingAbandoned child discovered
- waifAbandoned, neglected child
- parentlessHaving no mother or father
ward · adoption · foster · homeless · doorstep · asylum · unclaimed
Descent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- pedigreeRecord of descent
family tree · descent · forebears · progenitors · roots · kinship · clan · dynasty
Child of unmarried parents
- illegitimateNot authorized or recognized
- lovechildOffspring of unmarried parents
- out-of-wedlockBorn to unmarried parents
- naturalNot artificially produced
extramarital · by-blow · baseborn · misbegotten · unacknowledged · fatherless · paternity · birthright
unidentified
Not yet recognized
untraceable · unrecognized · undistinguished · unlabeled · unclaimed · anonymous · undesignated · unregistered · undocumented · titleless
orphan
Child whose parents died
parentless · ward · adoption · foster · homeless · doorstep · asylum · unclaimed
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
pedigree · family tree · descent · forebears · progenitors · roots · kinship · clan · dynasty · patronym
bastard
Child of unmarried parents
- illegitimateNot authorized or recognized
- lovechildOffspring of unmarried parents
- out-of-wedlockBorn to unmarried parents
natural · extramarital · by-blow · baseborn · misbegotten · unacknowledged · fatherless · paternity · birthright
unsurnamedsurnamed
Having a family name
patronymic · last-named · titled · designated
surname, surnamed, surnames, name, named, names, naming, unnamed, nameless