A family name gets handed down whether you earn it or not. What it means when it reaches the next kid is up to you.

A surname arrives without a test. Nobody checks whether you deserve it, and it comes loaded with whatever the people before you did with it, good or bad or complicated. What you control is the part that happens next: what the name means in your town, at your school, at the place you work, by the time a younger kid is carrying it.

Ask what your family is known for locally and decide whether you want that to continue. Then do one thing this week that matches the version you would rather hand over. Small and consistent is what changes what a name means.