patronymic
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Genealogist Calum MacNeil said patronymic names were popular when he was growing up in Nask, a small community in Barra.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
But citizens over the age of 18 can choose to swap the patronymic for a matronymic based on the name of the mother.
From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023
Another time he had addressed a prison official by his military rank rather than the more respectable name and patronymic.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Cedillo responded, “I bet it ends in i-a-n,” referring to the traditional patronymic in Armenian surnames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
He flies the parade, sad by ocean he stands, He traces a "Geraldine G." on the sands, Only "G!" though her loved patronymic is "Green,"— I will not betray thee, my own Geraldine.
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson
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