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family name

noun

  1. the hereditary surname of a family.
  2. a given name frequently used in a family.


family name

noun

  1. a surname, esp when regarded as representing the family honour
  2. a first or middle name frequently used in a family, often originally a surname


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Word History and Origins

Origin of family name1

First recorded in 1690–1700

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Example Sentences

Then they wrote her name on the coffin in gold letters and added the family name.

In traditional Japanese style, the family name is listed first.

But Langley Fox, his 24-year-old great grand-daughter, is proving you can make it sans the glamorous family name.

His family name lives in infamy as it adorns the plaza where Kennedy was shot.

Others around the room stressed that the Mubarak family name had afforded them no privileges.

He likened the celebrated Theophile to a calf, because Theophile's family name was Viaud, something resembling veau (a calf).

I wanted in some way to have my family name connected with it, and yet not so distinctly as to be suggestive, either.

The family name became extinct, and the homestead of seven or eight generations passed into the hands of one bearing another name.

I liked the way you shut up Judge Tuttle about your family name.

The family name depends wery much upon you, Samivel, and I hope you'll do wot's right by it.

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