PATRONYM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does patronym mean? 

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

1. 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)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATRONYM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

patronym; patronymic

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

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

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Derivation:

patronymic (of or derived from a personal or family name)