a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
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patronym::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | patronymic |
| Type of | name |
| Derivation | patronymic |
Examples of patronym
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Gerhardsen passed his own patronym on to his children as a family name.
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O'Brien succeeds John A. Gronouski, whose fortune is in his patronym.
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Rasipuram, the first name, is a toponym and Krishnaswami Ayyar, the second name, is a patronym.
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Malinovsky adopted his nom de plume from her patronym.
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His mother was at the time married to statesman Vasily Lunacharsky, hence Anatoly's surname and patronym.
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Translations of the patronym vary from author to author.
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I have multiple books on the Romanovs and the patronym is spelled differently in just about all of them.
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His father's name must have been Simon, Simons being a patronym, while he had a brother named Pieter.
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In keeping with older traditions of Greeks, Cypriots often have as their patronym, literally, the name of the father.
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- Patronymic: a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
- (patronymic) of or derived from a personal or family name
- A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronym. Each is a means of conveying lineage.
