family name

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So for me to be able to get it was a good feeling for everyone in that journey - that my family name can have that senior cap to it.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

From the halls of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts to the luxury suites of Loews Hotels, the family name is etched into the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

About 111 million of the voting A shares are mostly in the family name.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

But there were clues: A tattoo with a family name.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

I give Pirrip as my father’s family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister,—Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens