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Patronymic
Meaning
Adj
●
Derived from
one's
father.
●
Derived from
one's
ancestors.
Noun
●
A
name
acquired
from
one's
father.
●
In Onomastics:
A
name
acquired
from
one's
father's, grandfather's or
earlier
(male) ancestor's
first name
. Some
cultures
use a
patronymic
where other
cultures
use a
surname
or
family name
; other
cultures
(like Russia) use both a
patronymic
and a
surname
.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Related
Surname
Forename
Cognomen
Honorific
Suffix
Anglicized
Given Name
Family Name
Folk Etymology
Second Name
Personal Name
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