heritagename
nounUK /ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒneɪm/
US /ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒneɪm/
A heritagename is a special name passed down in a family from long ago.
Her last name is a heritagename that has been in her family for over two hundred years.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A name given to a place or object to honor its history and cultural past.
The old bridge kept its heritagename even after the town grew around it.
3. A title or label used to show that something belongs to a group's shared history.
The festival's heritagename reminds everyone of the village's old traditions.
4. A name chosen to keep a family's story and roots alive for future children.
They picked a heritagename for the baby so she would always know where her family came from.