Common

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

Origin

Probably a variant of Cumming or a reduced form of McCommon.

Forms

Commons

Proper noun fantasy, literature

  1. Denoting the name of a universal language in various works.
    • Both princesses spoke Common well enough. Soon we realized that they knew each other. - 2011, Elizabeth Moon, Kings of the North, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 395:

    Synonyms: Standard

Related

Galactic