diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTFontUtils.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTFontUtils.mm
index e6169c664a0..5f744790a94 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTFontUtils.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTFontUtils.mm
@@ -170,12 +170,15 @@ UIFont *RCTFontWithFontProperties(RCTFontProperties fontProperties)
       // Gracefully handle being given a font name rather than font family, for
       // example: "Helvetica Light Oblique" rather than just "Helvetica".
       font = [UIFont fontWithName:fontProperties.family size:effectiveFontSize];
-
-      if (!font) {
+      if (font) {
+        fontNames = [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:font.familyName];
+      } else {
         // Failback to system font.
         font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:effectiveFontSize weight:fontProperties.weight];
       }
-    } else {
+    }
+
+    if (fontNames.count > 0) {
       // Get the closest font that matches the given weight for the fontFamily
       CGFloat closestWeight = INFINITY;
       for (NSString *name in fontNames) {