family name
noun
the hereditary surname of a family.
a given name frequently used in a family.
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Origin of family name
First recorded in 1690–1700
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Historical Examples of family name
His name was my family-name; he was tall and youthful, like my Captain.
Pages From an Old Volume of LifeOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The writer considers the last-named forest to be that of Wede or Woden; and derives thence the family-name Weede.
family name
noun
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