Patronym

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: patronymic
plural: Patronyms
possessive: Patronym's
pluralpossessive: Patronyms'

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