family name

Example Sentences

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“You have kids, and you go, ‘No, I share my name with my children. . . it just means so much to go, ‘This is our family name. Our little family name.’

From Salon

The famous financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild left the bank which bears his family name after an investigation into sexual misconduct in 2003, it has emerged.

From BBC

It listed crofters by their formal names and also their family name or nickname.

From BBC

There are challenges that come with a famous family name though.

From BBC

The couple also wanted to share the production business they ran together, and other assets, as a couple, so they asked Prinn's parents to adopt Chakkrit officially, giving him the same family name.

From BBC