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US
/ˌpætɹəˈnɪmɪk/
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ADJECTIVE
- of or derived from a personal or family name
NOUN
- 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)
How To Use patronymic In A Sentence
- Probably more significant is the fact that Brown was one of the many neutral names adopted by clansmen who wanted to be rid of their politically incorrect Gaelic patronymics.
- As the daughter's patronymic appears immediately after her name, so the same patronymic should also appear in column III immediately after her mother's name, here as husband.
- Thus, everyone has a patronymic, or father's name.
- “Kunyat” = patronymic or matronymic; a name beginning with “Abu” (father) or with “Umm” (mother). The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Documents dating between 1521 and 1524 attest that he had assumed the cognomen Lieto, the Italian version of Laetus, substituting this for his actual patronymic, Allegri.
- Iceland also upholds another Norse tradition - using patronymics rather than surnames.
- Documents dating between 1521 and 1524 attest that he had assumed the cognomen Lieto, the Italian version of Laetus, substituting this for his actual patronymic, Allegri.
- Iceland also upholds another Norse tradition - using patronymics rather than surnames.
- Even less common is the use of both matronymic and patronymic names – e.g., Matthew Yglesias » The Bjork Fund
- Capteen, for your ease, and to conform to Western customs, I will leave out our patronymic middle names. DESTROY THE KENTUCKY
