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What does the word cognomen mean in a baptism record? Is it the surname? I know how index nomen pagunum .
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Cognomen is Latin for a third given name or nickname. Ex Henry Albert David Smith This often happens when the parents want to honor both grandfathers and a favorite uncle when naming the first-born son.
Ex Henrrikus Or "Hank" Smith --Hank is a nickname so we use "Or" when indexing the given name.
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Thanks so much. I had googled that word but couldn't decide for sure what it referred to.
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