matronymic betydelse and definition

Betydelse av matronymic på svenska

• 0 a name that is based on the given name (= the name given at birth) of someone's mother or one of their mother's ancestors:

  • For surnames, I prefer the system of male children getting a patronymic and female children getting a matronymic.

  • More than a third of people with recorded parents in 10th-century documents have matronymics.

• 1 (of a name) based on the given name (= the name given at birth) of someone's mother or one of their mother's ancestors:

  • Patronymic or matronymic surnames derive from a mother or father's forename.