I'm analyzing a bunch of late 16th century Hungarian names, and I need a word for those extra bits that sometimes get appended to names, like junior, senior, the late and the like. My "working title" has been prefix (because they generally come first in Hungarian), but that's inaccurate, because they're not actually attached to anything. I thought of appelation, but that's just another term for "name", and as such is too broad. Suggestions?
Learn English – Catchall term for “Junior”, “Senior”, “the late”, “widow”, and the like
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Best Answer
If it can be either a prefix or a suffix, then it is an affix. "Name affix" would cover both bases.