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 dark cloud of negativity engulfing the revered family name… This serves only to alienate him from his father, family and the public.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Using a mother's maiden name as a baby's middle name, like Hardy and his wife Caleigh Ryan recently did, is becoming a more common way to carry on a family name.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 18 Mar. 2025
Donatella Versace is stepping down as chief creative officer of the influential fashion house that bears her family name after nearly three decades.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Donatella Versace is stepping down as chief creative officer of the influential fashion house that bears her family name after nearly three decades.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Using a mother's maiden name as a baby's middle name, like Hardy and his wife Caleigh Ryan recently did, is becoming a more common way to carry on a family name.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 18 Mar. 2025
Donatella Versace is stepping down as chief creative officer of the influential fashion house that bears her family name after nearly three decades.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Donatella Versace is stepping down as chief creative officer of the influential fashion house that bears her family name after nearly three decades.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family name
Noun
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The new pope’s name, as well as his baptismal names, will be translated into Latin in the announcement but his former surname will remain in his native language.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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And then there’s Brian Steel, whose sole flashy trait is his surname.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The fiancé did not know Edwin’s last name, but police were able to identify him as Arroyo-Roman, the warrant affidavit said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
8 May 2025
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Cassian has his last name right there in the damn title.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 May 2025
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“Family name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20name. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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