- A
matronymic is a
personal name or a
parental name
based on the
given name of one's mother, grandmother, or any
female ancestor. It is the
female equivalent...
- the
modern Western world in that they are
patronymic or
occasionally matronymic: they
indicate the
father (or mother) of the
child and not the historic...
-
mythology and the
mother of Loki. The
latter is
frequently mentioned by the
matronymic Loki
Laufeyjarson (Old
Norse 'Loki Laufey's son') in the
Poetic Edda,...
- avonymic), or an
earlier male ancestor. It is the male
equivalent of a
matronymic.
Patronymics are used, by
custom or
official policy, in many countries...
- be a
first name such as "Wilhelm", a
patronymic such as "Andersen", a
matronymic such as "Beaton", or a clan name such as "O'Brien".
Multiple surnames...
-
matronymic surnames,
patronyms being far more
commonly practised.
Patronymic last
names are
based on the
first name of the father,
while matronymic names...
-
trait Diminutive Double-barrelled
Epithet Animal Common Plant Eponymic Matronymic Metonymic Mononymic Occupational Patronymic Surname Sobriquet Teknonymic...
- cultures,
including Western ones, also add (or once added)
patronymics or
matronymics, for
instance as a
middle name as with
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (whose...
- The
Kalenjin are a
Nilotic people living in Kenya. They
speak Kalenjin language which is
spoken in
dialects specific to
individual contingent tribes and/or...
- is
inserted between a person's
given name and surname. The use of the
matronymic is even more rare. In a dated, self-styling practice, if Ioánnis Papadopoulos...
