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Trills have a first name and a family name. A joined Trill replaces their family name with the symbiont's name. Thus Ezri Tigan became Ezri Dax when she was unwillingly joined.

It recently occurred to me that I don't know Jadzia's family name. There doesn't seem to be any information on Memory Alpha. I suppose it was never stated onscreen.

Are there any novels/comics/other that have given a name for her?

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It isn't mentioned in the show. Moving down the canon scale to the books, we learn that her family name is Idaris.

A slender shadow, taller than any of the spires, fell across a grave marker bearing a name that was barely discernible in the waning light: JADZIA IDARIS

Worlds of Deep Space Nine: Volume II

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He’d known Dax for more than thirty years, through three permanent hosts: Curzon Antrani, Jadzia Idaris, and Ezri Tigan. All of them had surprised him many times during their friendships, but perhaps none more so than Ezri

Star Trek: Typhon Pact 09 - The Fall: Revelation and Dust

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  • For the record, the ST Encyclopedia only lists her father's first name, not their family name, at least in the version that I have.
    – Valorum
    Commented Jan 21, 2022 at 12:44
  • Huh. "Curzon" with a "C"? I'd always imagined it was "Kurzon". Completely irrelevant, and I have no idea why I had a particular spelling in mind...
    – FreeMan
    Commented Jan 21, 2022 at 18:43
  • Curiously, Curzon is a real family name in the UK, for example the family of Marquis Kurzon of Kedleston. And for some reason when watching Voyager I half expected they would meet a Kazon sept called the Kazon Dax. Commented Jan 21, 2022 at 19:02

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