family name
Example Sentences
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From shoulder shimmies and frat flicks to somersaults and knee slides, the Flemings and Schifferles left it all on the dance floor to prove the prowess of their family name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Suzette Dumfries is a cousin of Denzel's father Boris, and has a long-standing fascination with the family name and its history.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The paternal great-grandmother of goalie Matt Turner fled religious persecution in Lithuania, with his Jewish ancestors changing their family name from Turnovski to Turner when they arrived at Ellis Island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
At the Islam Qala crossing point in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Talibshah, who did not to give his family name, said he had been working in agriculture northwest of Tehran.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
I started to step forward, but my friend tugged at my dress, and I stopped in my tracks just as Auntie Fatmata called out the family name: “Suma.”
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
