Synonyms of family name

family name

noun

as in surname

a name shared by members of a family

searched for their family name on a popular genealogy website

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surname
• last name
• maiden name
• married name
• epithet
• sobriquet
• cognomen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of family name

The estate has a long, storied history under many family names, but in 1575, the Essenault family rechristened it by contracting their family name to Issan. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 17 June 2026

Donald Newhouse, the billionaire newspaper publisher who helped oversee one of America’s most powerful media empires and whose family name remains synonymous with Condé Nast, has died at 96. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026

In sharp contrast to the first-generation members of the Frankfurt School, Habermas came from a petit-bourgeois, culturally conservative Protestant milieu, his family name going back to sixteenth-century Thuringian cobblers. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Here, Malvasia is not a single grape but a Madeira family name associated with varieties such as Malvasia Cândida, Malvasia Cândida Roxa, and Malvasia de São Jorge. — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026