People often ask whether members of the Royal Family have a surname, and, if so, what it is. Members of the Royal Family can be known both by the name of the Royal house, and by a surname, which are not always the same. And often they do not use a surname at all.
人们经常会问英国王室成员有没有姓氏，如果有的话，他们姓什么。王室成员以成员名称和姓氏为人所知，但姓氏不都相同。通常情况下，他们根本不用姓氏。
Before 1917, members of the British Royal Family had no surname, but only the name of the house or dynasty to which they belonged. Kings and princes were historically known by the names of the countries over which they and their families ruled. Kings and queens therefore signed themselves by their first names only, a tradition in the United Kingdom which has continued to the present day. The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of succession was taken by a rival faction within the family, or when succession passed to a different family branch through females. Just as children can take their surnames from their father, so sovereigns normally take the name of their "House" from their father.
在1917年之前，英国王室成员是没有姓氏的，只有家族名称或朝代名称。在历史上，国王和亲王以他们家族统治的国家而为人所知。所以国王和女王签名只需要签他们的名字，这是英国一直以来的传统。当王位的继承权被敌对派系获得或其通过女性传到家族的不同分支时，王朝的名字也可能会发生改变。就像孩子从父亲那获得姓氏一样，君主也会采用其父亲所在家族的名称。
