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Matronymic
Matronymic Mat`ro*nym"ic, n. [L. mater mother + -nymic, as in patronimic.] See Metronymic.

Meaning of Matronym from wikipedia

- woman was especially well known or powerful, her descendants might adopt a matronym based on her name. A matronymic is a derived name, as compared to a matriname...
- Rojas family, more commonly known in English-speaking America by their matronym, Alou, is a prominent Major League Baseball family from the Dominican Republic...
- may be both a patronym and a matronym. In Spanish speaking countries, the patronym is usually followed by the matronym to more precisely identify an...
- unusual; Icelandic law favours the use of patronyms (and more recently, matronyms) over family names. Traditionally Muslim and non-Arabic speaking African...
- person or persons is known as a taxonomic eponym or eponymic; patronym and matronym are the gendered terms for this. A number of humorous species names also...
- great-grandfather of Muirchertach mac Muiredaig. Confusion arises from the latter's matronym, Macc Ercae, said to come from his legendary mother Erc ingen Loarn, daughter...
- Policarpa Salavarrieta Ríos (c. 26 January 1795 – 14 November 1817), also known by her nickname of La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for...
- the given name of one's father. A less common practice in countries is matronym which means that a component of a personal name is based on the given name...
- expelled in 1034. Svein Knutsson is also mentioned as Sveinn Alfífuson (matronym) and under the epithet óforsynjukonungr ("unforeseen king").[citation needed]...
- of: Personal names Given names Surnames Nicknames Pseudonyms Mononyms Matronyms Patronyms Eponyms Teknonyms Anthroponyms of individuals can also be classified...