Name
Patronym
Patronym 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).
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This happening is not all that uncommon in languages with a lot of homonyms, where compound words exist and where every name is a Meaningful Name rather than a patronym.
Source: Who Names Their Kid "Dude"? -
In addition, one of the Ajaces' patronym is Oileades (son of Oileus) - and there's another soldier by that name briefly mentioned as well.
Source: Literature / The Iliad - It was traditional for posthumous children in medieval times to take their mother's name as a surname, and kids faced with a sucky patronym and a cool matronym were free to choose the latter.
Source: Useful Notes / Patronymic
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