patronymic
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During his education he stayed in a hostel at Portree High School and patronymics and nicknames were used almost like a secret code.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025
The answer was to give a person a family name, which could be derived from patronymics and matronymics - names based on a father or mother's name.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025
The court ruled that children should still be given patronymics from birth to protect them from harassment and bullying.
From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2023
In 1970, seven years after the death of her husband, Jerry Gerowitz, she took the surname “Chicago” as a way of dispensing with patronymics and as a nod to the city of her birth.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2019
I merely mention that the patronymics ending in kins got abbreviated into kiss, and kes, and ks.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.
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