patronymic

English

Alternative forms

• patronymick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patēr, “father”) + ὄνομα (onoma, “name”).

Adjective

patronymic (not comparable)

1. Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.

Noun

patronymic (plural patronymics)

1. name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier male ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.

Usage notes

A patronymic is often formed by adding a prefix or suffix to a name.

First Name	Affix	Patronymic
Peter	-son, -sen	Peterson, Petersen
Patrick	Fitz-	Fitzpatrick
Hugh	-es	Hughes
Donald	Mac, Mc	MacDonald, McDonald
Ilya	-ich	Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr	-ovich	Petrovich
Sergey	-evich	Sergeyevich
Ilya	-ichna	Ilyinichna
Pyotr	-ovna	Petrovna
Sergey	-evna	Sergeyevna
Hernando	-ez	Hernández
Kevork	-ian	Kevorkian

Related terms

• matronymic

See also

• family name
• first name
• given name
• surname

Translations

a name from father's name

Armenian: հայրանուն (hy) (hayranun) Belarusian: імя па бацьку (be) (ímja pa bác'ku) n., па бацьку (be) (pa bác'ku) n. Catalan: patronímic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 父名 (cmn) (fùmíng) Finnish: patronyymi (fi), isännimi (fi) French: patronyme (fr) m. German: Vatersname (de) m., Patronymikon (de) n.

Greek: πατρωνυμικός (el) (patronymikós) m. Japanese: 父称 (ja) (ふしょう, fushō) Korean: 부칭 (ko) (buching) (父称 (ko)) Russian: отчество (ru) (ótčestvo) n. (in Russian full names), по батюшке (ru) (po bátjuške) (colloquial, dated), патроним (ru) (patrónim) m. Spanish: patronímico (es) Swedish: patronymikon (sv) Ukrainian: по батькові (uk) (po bát'kovi) n., патронім (uk) (patrónim) m. Vietnamese: phụ danh (vi), tên gọi theo tên cha (vi)

References

• patronymic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• pyromantic