METRONYMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metronymic mean? 

• METRONYMIC (noun)
  The noun METRONYMIC has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: METRONYMIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRONYMIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

matronymic; metronymic

Hypernyms ("metronymic" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)