Even less common is the use of both matronymic and patronymic names – e.g. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Bjork Fund] Reference
And my matronymic, Bratley, should have established my financial position for life. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861] Reference
I think that Iceland was the only one of these countries to use matronymic names regularly. From Wordnik.com. [An Unconventional Naming Convention] Reference
“Kunyat” = patronymic or matronymic; a name beginning with “Abu” (father) or with “Umm” (mother). From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The name Abraham he received from his grandfather, but it was early dropped, and he was always known by his matronymic Albert. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
In the above family, the two kids would be named Jón Guðrúnsson and Siga Guðrúnsdottir if matronymic naming was followed. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Bjork Fund] Reference
Hence the great clans, Habr Gerhajis and Awal, who prefer the matronymic — Habr signifying a mother, — since, according to their dictum, no man knows who may be his sire. 9 These increased and multiplied by connection and affiliation to such an extent that about 300 years ago they drove their progenitors, the Galla, from. From Wordnik.com. [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference
Hence the great clans, Habr Gerhajis and Awal, who prefer the matronymic. From Wordnik.com. [First Footsteps in East Africa] Reference
Not so, dear old Gracie, who, in addition to his name and surname, his patronymic and matronymic, perhaps, gave himself completely away. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,] Reference
Could one define a property such as natural language order of forename, surname, middle name, patronymic, matronymic, and/or clan name of a person given that the ideal order of these elements might vary from one person to another?. From Wordnik.com. [Coyle's InFormation] Reference
For a time, however, the Egyptians still clung to the ancient practice, and there are many bilingual documents from this period in which the Egyptian text speaks of persons only by the matronymic, whereas the accompanying Greek text uses the patronymic. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominant Sex: A Study in the Sociology of Sex Differentiation, by Mathilde and Mathias Vaerting; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul] Reference
I’m surprised that you would characterize Iceland’s naming tradition as “patronymic” when it is, significantly, also matronymic. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Bjork Fund] Reference
“the splendour”) of heaven,” is, generally speaking, a feminine name amongst the pagan Arabs; possibly it is here intended as a matronymic. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
"Kunyat" = patronymic or matronymic; a name beginning with "Abu" (father) or with "Umm". From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
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