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
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
Tetyana, who identified herself by her first name and patronymic but did not give her family name, was released after being held for four days.
From Reuters ● Apr. 4, 2022
“Ivan Sergeyevich, why don’t you take care of yourself?” wrote one woman, using his first name and his patronymic, a polite form of address in the Russian-speaking world.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
At one point when she addressed him as Pavel Vassilyevich, as she usually did, he was tempted to ask her to dispense with his patronymic.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan
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