matronymic

[ma-truh-nim-ik]

adjective

1. a variant of metronymic.

matronymic

/ ˌmætrəˈnɪmɪk /

adjective

1. a less common word for metronymic

Example Sentences

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.

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It will also allow the use of traditional patronymic and matronymic names used by the Frisian minority, which entail children’s surnames being based on their father’s or mother’s first name.

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But citizens over the age of 18 can choose to swap the patronymic for a matronymic based on the name of the mother.

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The name Abraham he received from his grandfather, but it was early dropped, and he was always known by his matronymic Albert.

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Wherefore she has gotten her name in the good books of the sociological philosophers who uphold the matronymic theory touching early society.

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