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Matronymic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or derived from the name of one's mother or maternal ancestor.

n. A name so derived.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of, relating to, or derived from the given name of one's mother or a female ancestor.

n. A surname or byname acquired from the given name of one's mother's or from a female ancestor's given name.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See metronymic.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to or being a name derived from a mother or maternal ancestor.

n. A name derived from a mother or maternal ancestor: correlative to patronymic.

n. A word of a form used for matronymic designation; a matronymic formation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor

Word Usage

"The “Kuniyah,” bye-name, patronymic or matronymic, is necessary amongst Moslems whose list of names, all connected more or less with religion, is so scanty."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

name

Cross Reference

patronymic

Variant

metronymic