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  2. Patronymic - Wikipedia

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    The usual noun and adjective in English is patronymic, but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside patronym. [a] The first part of the word patronym comes from Greek πατήρ patēr 'father' (GEN πατρός patros whence the combining form πατρο- patro-); [3] the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα onyma, a variant form of ὄνομα onoma 'name'. [4]

  3. Surname - Wikipedia

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    Medieval Spain used a patronymic system. For example, Álvaro, a son of Rodrigo, would be named Álvaro Rodríguez. His son, Juan, would not be named Juan Rodríguez, but Juan Álvarez. Over time, many of these patronymics became family names, and they are some of the most common names in the Spanish-speaking world today.

  4. Category:Patronymics - Wikipedia

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    Patronymic surnames (6 C, 2,544 P) Pages in category "Patronymics" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent ...

  5. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    -wala, -wallah, wali, vala, vali (Hindustani, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi) denotes the occupation or place of origin (Occupation example: Batliwala – one who deals with bottles. Place example: Suratwala – one from Surat) [citation needed]-wan (Indonesian) denotes a male name [citation needed]-wati (Indonesian) denotes a female name [citation ...

  6. Scotland's dying art of traditional nicknames - AOL

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    "I've seen examples from Portknockie, Findochty and Buckie." In numbers:. Gaelic language [ 254,415 The number of Gaelic speakers in 1851 - 6.3% of the Scottish population ],[ 57,600 How many ...

  7. Eastern Slavic naming customs - Wikipedia

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    For example, if the father's name was Иван (Ivan), the patronymic will be Иванович (Ivanovich) for a son and Ивановна (Ivanovna) for a daughter. If the suffix is being appended to a name ending in a й ("y") or a soft consonant , the initial o in the suffixes - ович (-ovich) and - овна (-ovna) becomes a е ("ye") and ...

  8. Fitz - Wikipedia

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    In certain cases, it is the title of the father that would form part of a fitz patronymic form. This is seen, for example, with Otuer fitz Count, illegitimate son of Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester (the continental title count being the equivalent of the English earl), while several illegitimate children of the Norman and early Angevin kings ...

  9. Scandinavian family name etymology - Wikipedia

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    The most common Danish family name surnames are patronymic and end in -sen; for example Rasmussen, originally meaning "son of Rasmus" (Rasmus' son).Descendants of Danish or Norwegian immigrants to the United States frequently have similar names ending in the suffix "-sen" or have changed the spelling to "-son".