Examples of family name in a Sentence
Her family name is Smith.
searched for their family name on a popular genealogy website
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His mother’s family owned a bank, which collapsed, and thousands of people lost their money, with the family name tarnished in Argentina and beyond.
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Nov. 2025
Everyone on both sides of my family has always used family names, which has been really important to me to continue only using family names with my children.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
And that prompted Skakel’s father to fund a private investigation aimed at clearing the family name.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
The term is used to describe the children of actors, singers, models and entrepreneurs who often benefit due to the connections and power of their family name.
—Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Nov. 2025
Everyone on both sides of my family has always used family names, which has been really important to me to continue only using family names with my children.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
And that prompted Skakel’s father to fund a private investigation aimed at clearing the family name.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
The term is used to describe the children of actors, singers, models and entrepreneurs who often benefit due to the connections and power of their family name.
—Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for family name
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“Family name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20name. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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