Examples

32 sentences
  1. Jackson is my family name.

    Джексон — моє прізвище. — deniko

    ruДжексон - моя фамилия. — marafon

    deJackson ist mein Familienname. — Felixjp

  2. How do you spell your family name?

    Як пишеться твоє прізвище? — deniko

    ruКак пишется ваша фамилия? — saiko

    deWie buchstabiert man deinen Nachnamen? — xtofu80

  3. What's the spelling of your family name?

    Як пишеться твоє прізвище? — deniko

    ruКак пишется ваша фамилия? — saiko

    deWie schreibt sich Ihr Familienname? — Fingerhut

Meaning

3 senses
  1. Synonym of surname: a name designating a person as a member of a family.

    In the Chinese name Mao Zedong, Mao is the family name and Zedong is the given name.

    the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

  2. A family’s honor or reputation.

  3. (uncommon)A given name common within a family or given because of another family member.

    Yeah, we named her Mildred. It's an old family name. Don't worry, though. She also has four middle names to choose from.

Forms

plural: family names
Singularfamily name
Pluralfamily names

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Synonym of surname:surnameA2
Close in meaning
  • the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name):surnamecognomenlast name

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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