patronymic

Etymology
From +  (a variant form of ). Also, from.

Adjective

 * 1) Derived from one's father.
 * 2)  Derived from one's ancestors.
 * a patronymic denomination

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: patronímic
 * Czech: patronymický
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: patronímico
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ,

Noun

 * 1) A name acquired from one's father.
 * 2)  A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.

Usage notes
A patronymic is often formed by adding a prefix or suffix to a name.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: і́мя па ба́цьку, па ба́цьку
 * Bulgarian: бащино име
 * Catalan: patronímic
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 父名
 * Czech: patronymikum, patronymikon,
 * Danish: patronym, patronymikon
 * Erzya: тетялем
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: მამის სახელი, პატრონიმი
 * German:, , , Patronymikum,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: apai név
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 父称
 * Kazakh: әкесінің аты
 * Komi-Zyrian: вич
 * Korean: 부칭(父称)
 * Kyrgyz: атасынын аты
 * Portuguese: patronímico
 * Russian:,  ,
 * Slovene: patronimik
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: పైతృకనామము
 * Ukrainian: по ба́тькові, патро́нім
 * Uzbek: otasining ismi, ota nomi
 * Vietnamese: phụ danh, tên gọi theo tên cha