By name
Family name and by name are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Family name" instead a noun phrase "By name".
Family name
Family name noun - A name shared by members of a family.
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Synonyms for Family name
By name and family name are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "By name" with "Family name", this phrases are similar.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- handle and by name
- handle and family name
- style and by name
- style and family name
- name and by name
- name and family name
- denomination and by name
- denomination and family name
- appellation and by name
- appellation and family name
- label and by name
- label and family name
- designation and by name
- designation and family name
Both terms in one sentence
- Everyone is allowed to call her by name, marrying her will allow someone to start a new family name and she's free to speak her mind around anyone.
Source: Magical Seventh Son - As a small sidenote, while for most daily uses the structure of names followed this model, official documents, as a rule, required the family name to be written first, followed by name and patronymic (maybe a comma after the family name).
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Family name and By name. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/by_name/family_name
By name & Family name. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/by_name/family_name>.
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