Cognomen
[n] the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
[n] a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
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affectionate name, agnomen, appellation, appellative, binomen, binomial name, byname, byword, cryptonym, denomination, designation, diminutive, empty title, epithet, eponym, euonym, family name, handle, honorific, hypocoristic, hyponym, label, last name,