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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patronymic:: | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | patronym |
Examples of patronymic
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In many legal papers, especially from the past, patronymic names are also used.
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Adults may change their patronymic legally while keeping their first and surnames.
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Although lacking a patronymic, scholars have identified him with Gofraid mac Arailt.
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However, in 2006 Denmark reinstated patronymic and matronymic surnames as an option.
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Very frequently, the patronymic is given in genitive case, i.e. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.
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It was from this Abas that the kings of Argos were called by the patronymic Abantiads.
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The list, which included a patronymic for Sarkozy, turned out to be a fake.
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In medieval times, a patronymic system similar to the one still used in Iceland emerged.
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In Scandinavia family names often, but certainly not always, originate from a patronymic.
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- 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)
- 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.
- (patronymics) a naming system whereby a person's surname is derived from the given name of his or her father. The surname changes with each generation. For example, "San-chez" means son of Sancho; Lars Johnson's son would have the surname, "Larson" - son of Lars. ...
- Patronymics is the practice of creating last names from the name of one's father. For example, Robert, John's son, would become Robert Johnson. Robert Johnson's son Neil would become Neil Robertson.
- A name derived from a paternal ancestor, such as "Johnson, the son of John"
