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...

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...

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

trait Diminutive Double-barrelled Epithet Animal Common Plant Eponymic Matronymic Metonymic Mononymic Occupational Patronymic Surname Sobriquet Teknonymic...

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...

Serbs in Romania -ici. Although far less common than patronymic surnames, matronymic surnames are widespread both in Serbia and in neighboring countries where...

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...