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  2. Patronymic surname - Wikipedia

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    For example, passports vs early letters of introduction for travel. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of the Anglicizing of the historical Welsh naming system, which sometimes had included references to several generations: e.g., Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ap Morgan (Llywelyn son of Gruffydd son of Morgan), and which gave ...

  3. Patronymic - Wikipedia

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    Examples in titles of classical Russian literature include The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich. In Russia, the patronymic is an official part of the name, used in all official documents, and when addressing somebody both formally and among friends.

  4. Template:Patronymic names - Wikipedia

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    This is accomplished by switching patronymic to matronymic or matronymic and patronymic. If left blank this will default to patronymic. Possible values of type are matronymic or both. All other values default to patronymic being displayed in the hatnote. wikilink – This allows inherited name to be displayed which links it to the wikilink chosen.

  5. Template:Patronymic name - Wikipedia

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    This template may be used at the top of an article to explain to readers which part of a patronymic name should be used to refer to the person in formal contexts. Patronymic names contain no family or last name. The person adopts the given name of their father, and sometimes also their grandfather afterwards.

  6. 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".

  7. Eastern Slavic naming customs - Wikipedia

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    The patronymic is formed by a combination of the father's name and suffixes. The suffix is -ович (-ovich) for a son, -овна (-ovna) – for a daughter. 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.

  8. 16 of the Most Famous Malapropism Examples - AOL

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    The post 16 of the Most Famous Malapropism Examples appeared first on Reader's Digest. You've made a malapropism—and everyone from politicians to famous literature characters is guilty of errors ...

  9. Personal name - Wikipedia

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    Examples of the hybrid order goes in the form of Hong Kong actor “Tony Leung Chiu-wai” or Singapore Prime Minister "Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai", with family names (in the example, Leung and Wong) shared in the middle. Therefore, the anglicised names are written in the Western order (Tony Leung, Lawrence Wong) and the Chinese names are written ...