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...

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Nearly all Icelandic surnames are strictly patronymic, or in some cases matronymic, as Icelandic society generally does not make use of hereditary family...

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...

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...

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matronymic surnames, patronyms being far more commonly practised. Patronymic last names are based on the first name of the father, while matronymic names...

the Indo-Europeans, the girls had a matronymic, same construction. Sometimes males are identified with a matronymic, thus leaving some doubt as to whether...

Sinđelija, remarried, and her son later adopted the surname from his mother's matronymic ("Sinđelija"). Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress, was born Lilia...

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her brother David. However, her sons are invariably mentioned with the matronymic "son of Zeruiah", in marked contrast to most other Biblical characters...

of the Golconda Sultanate in southern India People using it in their matronymic/patronymic or surname include: Amr ibn Kulthum Umm Kulthum (name) Kalsoom...

of the Surrealist movement. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal grandmother. He adhered to Dadaism and became...

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...

cultures, including Western ones, also add (or once added) patronymics or matronymics, for instance as a middle name as with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (whose...

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Mainland Southeast Asian countries, The people of Myanmar have no customary matronymic or patronymic naming system and therefore have no surnames. Although other...

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d-Gawazta bar Hawa used matronymic names, as well as the earliest Mandaean scribe Shlama beth Qidra. Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili's matronymic malwasha is Mhatam...

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established (i.e., by marriage) or altogether unknown, a matronymic is used. The patro- or matronymic is written before the given name. Therefore, if a man...

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a word used in Burmese names. The people of Myanmar have no customary matronymic or patronymic naming system and therefore have no surnames. Notable people...

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