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family name
noun
- the hereditary surname of a family.
- a given name frequently used in a family.
family name
noun
- a surname, esp when regarded as representing the family honour
- a first or middle name frequently used in a family, often originally a surname
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of family name1
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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.’
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.
It listed crofters by their formal names and also their family name or nickname.
There are challenges that come with a famous family name though.
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.
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