Metronymic and Patronymic

Metronymic noun - A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor.

Patronymic and metronymic are semantically related in family name topic. In some cases you can use "Patronymic" instead the word "Metronymic" as a noun or an adjective.

Patronymic noun - 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).

Metronymic and patronymic are semantically related in family name topic. You can use "Metronymic" instead a noun "Patronymic".