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A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. In the Old Testament of the Bible, men are identified by their lineage through use of their father's first (and only) name.
The usual noun and adjective in English is patronymic, but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside patronym. [a] The first part of the word patronym comes from Greek πατήρ patēr 'father' (GEN πατρός patros whence the combining form πατρο- patro-); [3] the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα onyma, a variant form of ὄνομα onoma 'name'. [4]
Without a patronymic Juan Carlos de Borbón. Unlike in French names such as d'Alembert, in Spanish orthography "de" is written out in full (not replaced by a contraction) when the surname begins with a vowel. The exception is de el ("of the"), which becomes del, e.g. Carlos Arturo del Monte (Charles Arthur of the Mountain). The patronymic exception
Gil – 134,600 (0.34%) From older form Egidio; patronymic; Vázquez – 130,000 (0.33%) Son of Vasco or Velasco; Serrano – 122,700 (0.31%) "Highlander" Ramos – 118,000 (0.30%) Branches; meaning born during Christian festivity Palm Sunday; Blanco – 118,000 (0.30%) "White" Sanz – 106,900 (0.27%) Castro – 102,900 (0.26%) "castle, fort ...
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Topics about Patronymic surnames in general should be placed in relevant topic categories. This category is for surnames that are derived from patronyms . For example, the modern English Johnson is derived from a patronym, and no longer is used to show the name of the bearer's father.
Álava, Spain is known for its incidence of true compound surnames, characterized for having the first portion of the surname as a patronymic, normally a Spanish patronymic or more unusually a Basque patronymic, followed by the preposition "de", with the second part of the surname being a placename from Álava. [citation needed]
It originated as a patronymic surname, meaning "son of Martín" (English: Martin). Among Mozarabs, the name was Arabized to "Mardanish" (e.g. Ibn Mardanish) (as well as other patronymics such as Hernandez and Gomez). [citation needed] It is also used sometimes as a component word of a multi-word surname such as Martínez del Río.