as in surname
a name shared by members of a family
searched for their family name on a popular genealogy website
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Recent Examples of family name
The new champion went on to declare that his name was no longer Clay; black-American surnames were often inherited from the family names of white slaveholders.
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Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Arza suggested that after the family of Carl F. Slade, for whom the park is named, opposed the proposal in a letter, the school might reconsider plans to remove the family name from the gymnasium building.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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Talking to the author of Empire of Pain about the value of editors, the family name as a brand, and the feeling of getting your hands on the hot docs.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
These children learn how to relay their nightmare experiences (parents writing their family names on body parts in case bombs separate limbs) through art.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Arza suggested that after the family of Carl F. Slade, for whom the park is named, opposed the proposal in a letter, the school might reconsider plans to remove the family name from the gymnasium building.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Interview 'Nobody's Going to be Having Any Moral Epiphanies': An Interview with Patrick Radden Keefe
Matthew Braga
Talking to the author of Empire of Pain about the value of editors, the family name as a brand, and the feeling of getting your hands on the hot docs.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
These children learn how to relay their nightmare experiences (parents writing their family names on body parts in case bombs separate limbs) through art.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for family name
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“Family name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20name. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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