Given name and Matronymic

Given name

Given name noun - A name that is placed before one's family name.
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Synonyms for Given name

Matronymic and given name are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Matronymic" instead a noun phrase "Given name".

Matronymic

Matronymic noun - A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor.
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Synonyms for Matronymic

Given name and matronymic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Given name" instead a noun "Matronymic".

Both terms in one sentence

  • In Tanya Huff's Quarters series, people use a given name, then a matronymic, then a patronymic.
  • Additionally, the Nietzscheans have, in order: a given name, a family name, a clan name, a matronymic, and a patronymic, resulting in names like "Tyr Anasazi of Kodiak Pride, out of Victoria by Barbarossa".
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