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2 unusual facts about Patronymic


Findanus

It is from him that the MacKinnon chiefs obtained their Gaelic Patronymic.

Mohamed Ismail Ahmed Ismail

Mohamed Ismail Ahmed Ismail known as Ismail Ahmed (his Patronymic) (Arabic: محمد اسماعيل احمد اسماعيل; born 1983) is an Emarati-Moroccan footballer who plays in the UAE League for Al Ain Club as Defender.


Ágústsson

Ágústsson is an Icelandic patronymic surname, literally meaning "son of Ágúst".

Ana Maria de Lorena, 1st Duchess of Abrantes

The eldest daughter of Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Menezes, 1st Marquis of Abrantes and 7th Count of Penaguião, she adopted the patronymic "de Lorena" after a maternal great-grandfather, François Louis de Lorraine.

Belousov

The Ukrainian language name of the same derivation is Bilous in the non-patronymic form.

Bilous

Russian language names of the same derivation are Belous, Belousov (patronymic form)

Cadwaladr

Cadwaladr's name appears without the identifying patronymic 'ap Cadwallon' in a number of historical and literary works, such as in the Armes Prydein.

Charops of Epirus

Charops or Charopus is the name of two statesmen in 2nd century BC of the Epirote League, grandfather and grandson; both of them had the patronymic Machatas.

Clan MacFarlane

The surname MacFarlane, and other variations of the name, are Anglicisations of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Pharlain, meaning "son of Parlan".

Dafydd ap Llewelyn

Dafydd ap Llewelyn, in the Welsh language, means "David, son of Llewelyn", and there have been several notable people known by this patronymic, including

Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster

Family name, first name and patronymic according to the Eastern Slavic naming customs (English)
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Dugal

In some cases it is derived from the Gaelic personal name Dùghall (variously spelt), or else from a reduced form of the surname MacDougall (which is an Anglicised surname originating from a patronymic form of Dùghall, Dubhghall, and etc.).

Eliassen

Eliassen is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Elias.

Gautam Rajputs

They claim descent from the Vedic Saint Gotama, who is also the reputed ancestor of the Sakya clan of Kshatriyas, of whom sprung the great Buddha ; whence, in many countries where his religion flourishes, he is popularly known by his patronymic Gautama.

Gresford

At this time the bishopric was transferred from that of St. Werburgh's Chester to St. Asaph, and the vicars of the village were Welsh with patronymic names (for example, Morud ap Gwarius, who became vicar in 1284).

Haro, La Rioja

Alfonso VI of León and Castile entrusted the tenencia to Diego López I de Haro after the death of count García Ordóñez and the first of the lords of Biscay to attach the name of this town to his patronymic was Diego's son, Lope Díaz I de Haro.

Ivan II

Ivan II of Moscow (1326–1359; patronymic Ivanovich, styled "the Fair")

Joshua Falk

Until the early 19th century, the names of most Central European Jews consisted of a Hebrew first name, a German second name, the patronymic "ben ... " (son of ...) and, if an upper one, the class - HaCohen (or "Katz") or HaLevy.

Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad

Khashkhāsh ibn Sa`īd ibn Aswad (Arabic خشخاش بن سعيد بن اسود) (born in Pechina, Andalusia) was a Moorish navigator of Islamic Iberia.

Petrosyan

It is a patronymic from the Armenian first name Petros (equivalent to Peter, making the name effectively equivalent to Peterson).

Robert Nisbet-Hamilton

He assumed the surname of Christopher in lieu of his patronymic in 1835 when his wife Lady Mary Bruce (see below) inherited the Christopher estates at Bloxholm and Wellvale in Lincolnshire.

Shukra

Ushanas is the name of a Vedic rishi with the patronymic Kāvya (descendant of Kavi, AVŚ 4.29.6), who was later identified as Ushanas Shukra.

Valeriya Gai Germanika

Valeriya Gai Germanika was born and registered Valeriya, named after Lucius Cornelius Sulla's wife Valeria, and later legally changed her given name, patronymic (to alienate from the bilogical father) and family name (in a Roman style) upon her adolescence.

Viscount Portman

The property then devolved upon another cousin, William Berkeley (d.1737) of Pylle, Somerset, who also took the surname Portman in lieu of his patronymic.

Zakaryan

Zakaryan (in Armenian Զաքարյան), also written Zakarian (in Western Armenian Զաքարեան) is an Armenian surname, originating from the patronymic Armenian equivalent of Zechariah.


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