family name
Example Sentences
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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
For Chávez, it represents a chance to reclaim his lost place, to prove that his lineage is not just a family name but legitimate talent.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
“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 • Mar. 5, 2025
My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
